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Lab Exercise: Spectral Libraries
Library Searching
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Library Searching
In this section you will test your library with the same data file. Later we will use
the library with new files in an automated fashion. Check that the library file you
want to search from is currently loaded (look in the Library tool bar).
Normally, if you were going to perform a library search, you would have to open
the library first. Open Library is found under the Spectra, Library menus. You
could also use the Load a Library File tool.
1) From the Spectra menu, select Library, Edit Search Template. You will
perform the search within a retention time window. Select Left Window (%)
and type in 5. Give the Right Window (%) a value of 5 as well. You have
now defined a time range in the library within which spectra are searched, +
or - 5% of the retention time of the unknown.
2) Give the threshold a value of 2 mAU. Low absorbing portions of the spectra
will be removed and not used in the match calculation improving the
reliability of the match.
3) You do not need to put in a shift. This might be useful if your data and the
library data were acquired on different instruments. OK the template.
4) Under the Spectra menu, choose Select Peak Apex Spectrum or use the
Peak apex spectrum tool. Select the apex spectrum from the first
chromatographic peak. Under the Spectra menu, select Library, Search
Spectrum or use the Search the Spectrum in Current Library tool.
5) The Library Search Results are displayed in the lower right hand side of the
screen. Note that the best match is Dimethylphthalate. If other matches are
listed, they were found within the specified retention time window. Did you
get a perfect match of 1000?
6) Examine the Spectral Difference window. Because you have a perfect
match, the difference should be zero.
7) Notice also that you have the unknown (target) and the library spectrum
displayed in the window on the left.
8) Perform library searches on the other peaks in the chromatogram. Do not
delete this library file. You will use it later for automated library searching
later.
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