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Summary


Summary is an item on the Spectrum menu that will only appear after a comparison has been made following an Autofragmentation  (see Compare).  If you select this item, MSC will report:
  • The number of 'matched' masses found
  • The total number of unmatched masses in the spectrum
  • The match percentage


    This information is also provided in a printed summary if you carry out a comparison, and then select Print.  This summary provides a general extent of agreement between the ions present in the spectrum and the presence of corresponding masses that could be formed from simple bond breaks in the target molecule ( + the number of H transfers allowed).  Note that this is only a crude index for information purposes and cannot confirm that the corresponding masses have the same compositions, nor should it be regarded as a meaningful index of the relative likelihood of identification.