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It is indicated that for comparison of two mass-spectra the normalization of each ion current should be done such that each spectrum will form a unit vector, i. e., ΣX 2 i =1, where X i are the various components of the mass spectrum.
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Alfassi, Z.B. On the normalization of a mass spectrum for comparison of two spectra. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 15, 385–387 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasms.2003.11.008
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