At the end of this activity, students should be able to: û discuss the behavior of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields û relate the deflection of a charged particle in a magnetic field to the mass and charge of the particle and the strength of the magnetic field û describe how a mass spectrometer works û explain what a mass spectrum is û explain the terms: base peak, molecular ion, fragmentation ion, relative abundance û discuss mass spectra of the elements in terms of the natural abundance of isotopes û explain the general features of mass spectra of organic compounds.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.