Multivariate Curve Resolution applied to Ion Mobility Spectra

Projecte final de Màster Oficial realitzat en col.laboració amb Universitat de Barcelona. Departament d’Electrònica. English: In this work, a Multivariate Curve Resolution (MCR) with Alternating Least Squares (ALS) method is described and used to identify the concentrations of a two-component (ethanol and acetone) mixture analysed with an Ion Mobility Spectrometer. Results allow us to distinguish qualitatively both components at lower concentrations, whereas fail to detect ethanol at higher concentrations. The impossibility of detecting etanol at higher concentrations is caused by higher acetone’s proton affinity.