VRS - How well do you know the origins of Mass Spec? - test yourself now!

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Discover the Origins of Mass Spectrometry

Test your knowledge on the fascinating history of Mass Spectrometry with our engaging quiz! Uncover the milestones and key figures that shaped this essential analytical technique.

  • 12 challenging questions
  • Multiple-choice options for each question
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Who discovered the electron?
JJ Thomson 1897
Albert Einstein 1918
Walter Kaufmann 1906
In 1921, the instrument that we now consider to be the first mass spectrometer was invented, but what was it's original name?
Parabola spectrograph
Thomson spectrograph
Aston Analyser
In 1922 which Scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of many isotopes by Mass Spec?
Wilhelm Wien
Ernest Rutherford
Francis Aston
What year was the concept of ToF-MS (Time-of-Flight) presented and where?
1959 UK
1937 Germany
1945 USA
In 1959 GC-MS was born, but who invented it?
University of Cambridge
Dow Chemicals
LKB Instruments
By the 1960's MS was buzzing and the British Mass Spectrometry Society was born! When and what year was the BMSS meeting held?
1965 London
1962 Manchester
1968 Cambridge
Biomolecule ionization was pioneered by which scientist in the 1980s?
John B. Fenn
Koichi Tanaka
Kurt Wüthrich
Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) - was first coined as a term in...
1983
1985
1990
Enke and Yost’s report of the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society in what year?
1982
1978
1993
Since the initial concept over a 100yrs ago, mass analysers can now be broadly broken down into 6 categories - which is NOT one
Quadrupole Mass Analyzer
Time of Flight Mass Analyzer
Ion Cyclotron Resonance
Electrostatic Sector Mass Analyzer
Magnetic Sector Mass Analyzer
Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Analyzers
Magnetic Ion Trap Mass Analyzers
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