Computerization of Spectral Recording and Processing for Laser-Pyrolysis/Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry

Abstract

A progressive upgrading of the data processing techniques for monitoring the temporal behaviour of fast transient reactions using time-of-flight mass spectrometry has been carried out at Salford over the past three decades. The earlier work was focused on the development of sophisticated signal processing techniques. Recently, computerization, using an advanced digitizing oscilloscope, has significantly simplified the signal processing system. Software, developed in-house, is able to provide more reliable and comprehensive information on fast transient reactions than was previously the case.