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This book can be purchased alone or with a CD computer library for use with a mass spectrometer computer system. The 19 CD formats available are:

• Finnigan GCQ (.LBR)
• Finnigan ICIS (.LBR, Xcalibur can import)
• Finnigan INCOS (.LS, .LX)
• Finnigan Ion Trap, ITDMS (.LIB, .INX)
• Finnigan ITS-40 (.LBR)
• Finnigan Magnum (.LBR)
• Finnigan Triple Quad (.LS, .LX)
• Fisons/VG JCAMP (.JDX)
• Fisons/VG Mass Lab, Lab Base (.IDB, .IDI, PDB, .PDI)
• HP (Agilent) Chemstation (.L, includes 6 files: Root, Header, Header.IND, Condense, Condense.IND, Full.D)
• HP JCAMP, Unix (.HPJ)
• Mass Finder 3 (.MLF)
• Net CDF (.CDF)
• Palisade Bench Top/PBM (.SPC)
• PE Turbomass (.IDB, .IDI, .PDB, .PDI)
• Shimadzu QP5000, QP2010 (.NAM, .FOM, .LIB, .SPC, .COM, .FLG)
• Teknivent Vector (.SPC)
• Varian Saturn (.LBR)
• Water Millennium (.SPC)
• NIST format (.ntNIST) - the HP Chemstation library can be converted to the NIST library format by using LIb2NIST, a free download program from http://chemdata.nist.gov.

Note:
Finnigan is now Thermo Fisher Scientific, Xcalibur software.
Varian is now Agilent Technologies.

Choose only one format per CD. Please state the required CD format in the COMMENTS section of your order form. If you have any questions, please email books@allured.com.

Testing Library Formats

We've put together a sample of each library format for you to test and make sure you know which format works for your system—please see the readme.txt file for installation instructions.

• PART A GAS CHROMATOGRAPH/MASS SPECTROSCOPY
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Nomenclature
  • Mass Spectrometry Considerations
    • Obtaining Quality Spectra for Identification
    • The Role of Retention Times in Library Searches
  • Operating Conditions Used for Spectra Acquisition
  • Compatibility with Mass Spectrometer Data Systems
  • Explanations of Formats Used in Appendices
  • References
• PART B APPENDICES
  • Alphabetical Listing of Compounds with Their Retention Time and Arithmetic Retention Index on DB-5
  • Compounds Listed in Order of Their Retention Time and Arithmetic Index on DB-5
  • Mass Spectra and Structures of Compounds Listed in Order of Their Retention Time/Arithmetic Index on DB-5
  • Cross Index of Common Names

Robert P. Adams, PhD, is a Professor at Baylor University. He has been studying essential oils of plants for more than 40 years and has published more than 230 peer reviewed journal articles and 11 technical books.