Question

What is the difference between a total-ion chromatogram and a mass chromatogram?

Short answer

The total-ion chromatogram has peaks for all of them, while the mass chromatogram only reveals chosen ions.

Step-by-step solution

Define Mass chromatogram.

Mass chromatography is the way of referring to this technique because of how well it combines mass hyperspectral images into absorbance values.

Analysis.

After mass spectrometry analysis, a mass chromatogram is obtained, which depicts the analysis of selected ions during the process.

A plot of $m\backslash z$versus intensity is shown on the chromatogram.

Time and natural ion abundance - ion abundance as a function of time - are displayed in total-ion chromatograms.

This chromatogram resembles a traditional chromatogram in which intensity is plotted as a function of time.