Celebrating 50 Years of MS Innovation - MS Quiz Jan 2020

MS Quiz January 2020 Q1 - Answer

Q1

A Shimadzu engineer is using this TOFMS to measure an amyloid peptide with a molecular weight of 4,331 amu. What does this molecule travel at approximately the same speed as?

Answer:

Q1

d) The Earth revolving around the Sun (around 100,000 km/h)
More precisely, 107,000 km/h (or 29.9 km/s, around 1/10,000 of the speed of light)