I ask because I'm aware of various sorts of mass spectrometry, from the basic 'what is the elemental composition of this sample' sort all the way up through MALDI-TOF. Neither of those extremes seems appropriate here.
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"Yet now, the British Government is claiming to be able instantly to identify a substance which its only biological weapons research centre has never seen before and was unsure of its existence. " FFS. That's why we have mass spectrometers. Moron.
What sort of mass spectrometry would be best for such a task? (Identifying a trace poison in a sample from a park bench or in a blood sample or whatever...) Something where the MS is the tail end of some sort of chromatography setup?
I ask because I'm aware of various sorts of mass spectrometry, from the basic 'what is the elemental composition of this sample' sort all the way up through MALDI-TOF. Neither of those extremes seems appropriate here.
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