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Full Product Pattern Recognition in β-Carotene Thermal Degradation through Ionization Enhancement

Xiao, Xiaoyin; Miller, Lance L.; Bernstein, Robert B.; Hochrein, James M.

The full product pattern including both volatile and nonvolatile compounds was presented for the first time for β-Carotene thermal degradation at variable temperatures up to 600°C. Solvent-enhanced ionization was used to confirm and distinguish between the dissociation mechanisms that lead to even and odd number mass products.