NIST research chemist Kelly Telu injects a sample into a mass spectrometer, a laboratory instrument that scientists use to identify unknown chemical compounds. (M. Delorme/NIST) The National Institute ...

Students learn to define and identify organic compounds. Chemical Reactions: Writing Molecular Formulas and an Introduction to Organic Molecules: Students learn to define and identify organic ...

Russian researchers have explained why scientists studying crude oil and celestial chemistry—as well as certain down-to-earth matters—frequently come across some molecules incorporating carbon, ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its database of chemical fingerprints, called mass spectra, that are used to identify unknown chemical compounds. The NIST Mass ...

Organic chemistry is the study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-containing compounds. Most organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen, but they may ...

THE usual way of identifying organic compounds consists in preparing a crystalline derivative and determining its melting temperature. Such preparation requires at least 50 mgm. of material. Compounds ...

This study created a method for correctly identifying the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the breath of healthy intubated mouse models using GC-MS. The development of a new breath-collecting ...

The NIST Mass Spectral Library has expanded to include new human and plant metabolites, variants of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has ...