NIST-Sponsored Interlaboratory Comparison of Polystyrene Molecular Mass Distribution Obtained by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: Statistical Analysis

Published

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

Charles M. Guttman, S Wetzel, William R. Blair, B M. Fanconi, Kathleen M. Flynn, R J. Goldschmidt, William E. Wallace, David L. VanderHart

Abstract

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) is becoming a new and important technique in synthetic polymer characterization. Yet much is still unknown about the molecular mass distribution (MWD) which is obtained through the MALDI process. An interlaboratory comparison was conducted by NIST to compile data and learn more about the MWD obtained and the parameters that influence this distribution. Each lab was asked to use two different sample preparations, one of which was specified, and to report three repeats for each preparation. This paper describes data analysis techniques and the results from sixteen labs analyzing a polystyrene sample of nominal molecular mass 7000 u.

Citation

Analytical Chemistry

Volume

73

Issue

No. 6

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

data analysis, molecular weight distribution, polymer

Citation

Guttman, C. , Wetzel, S. , Blair, W. , Fanconi, B. , Flynn, K. , Goldschmidt, R. , Wallace, W. and VanderHart, D. (2001), NIST-Sponsored Interlaboratory Comparison of Polystyrene Molecular Mass Distribution Obtained by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: Statistical Analysis, Analytical Chemistry, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=851614 (Accessed October 4, 2024)