From the results presented here, it is clear that FD-MS and FAB-MS are very effective analytical methods for the identification of organic additives in extracts from rubber compounds. In the examples above, the molecular weight information provided by FD and FAB provided a nice complement to the IR data. In cases where IR could give only a general answer (i.e., a compound class), the mass spectral data provided a very specific compound identification. It is encouraging that all the samples examined gave useful spectra by both FD and FAB analysis. In most cases, the same information was obtained by both techniques. Certain compounds, however, were observed by FD but not by FAB (wax, oil, isocyanurate antioxidant). While FD provided only molecular weight information, FAB also provided fragmentation to aid in the confirmation of component assignments. Both the FD and FAB mass spectra were fairly complex for most of the extracts, but for different reasons. In FD, oil and wax oligomers gave many molecular ions over a wide mass range. FAB spectra, on the other hand, were somewhat cluttered due to the normal background ions produced by the sputtering process. With both techniques, however, the various components in some fairly complex mixtures were readily identified.
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