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Computer processing of mass-spectral data. Part III. Assignment of formulas to experimental masses. Algorithms and structures of programs DBG, FZM, and FZMIN

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6645888
A computer method for the assignment of formulas to experimental masses has been developed. Programs FZM, DBG and FZMIN are the main programs controlling the procedures for processing the exprerimental masses. The main purpose of this document is to describe the development of these programs and the associated alborithms. Program FZM assigns formulas to the experimental masses using a pregenerated database. A database is generated by program DBG with respect to one of the homologous units CH/sub 2/, CF/sub 2/, CCl/sub 2/, or CBr/sub 2/ using a formula-acceptability-criterion-based bound and branched combinatorial algorithm as part of the formula-assignment process. Program FZM calculates the correct mass number of a species from its experimental mass on the appropriate Kendrick-mass scale and the truncating factor calculated by program DBG for the current database in order to locate the correct database table. The homologous-unit-mass-scale fractional masses in this table which lie within the user-specified region about the experimental Kendrick fractional mass are retrieved using a binary and linear search algorithm. The formula codes associated with these fractional masses are decoded. Program FZMIN admits on-line acquired mass spectral data to program FZM or remote execution.
Research Organization:
Department of Energy, Bartlesville, OK (USA). Bartlesville Energy Technology Center; Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater (USA)
OSTI ID:
6645888
Report Number(s):
DOE/BETC/RI-82/1; ON: DE83004163
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English