Inner electrode
High field
0
Mass
Analyzer
Side
Outer electrode
Source
Side
Figure 3: Compensation voltage scan for the infusion of testosterone reference standard in black. The red overlaid trace represents the CV scan from mobile
phase alone.
–10.0
–12.5
–15.0
–17.5
Compensation voltage
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
Relative Abundance
0.48 0.49
0.40
0.62
0.74
0.89
0.81
0.33
0.98
1.19
1.08
0.18
0.04
0.29
0.92
0.90
0.77
0.94
0.85
0.97
0.98
0.99
1.02
1.05
1.12
1.14
1.15
0.65
0.62
0.60
1.17
1.20
1.25 1.27
0.53
1.41
0.46
1.46
Testosterone
CV = –12.5
Mobile
Phase
Figure 2: Compensation voltage set to transmit testosterone (blue ion, solid line). Testosterone and some of the interferences behave like the blue ion,
while most of the interferences behave like the orange ion.