Method for tracking a sample idenitity during a process in an analysis system

Abstract

A method for tracking a sample identity during a process in an analysis system is disclosed. The analysis system comprises a liquid chromatograph and a mass spectrometer. The method comprises providing a sample, adding a composition of different chemical substances to the sample with a concentration being above a detection level of the mass spectrometer, processing the sample together with the composition with the analysis system, detecting and measuring a component and/or components of the sample with the mass spectrometer, detecting and measuring the composition or parts of the composition of different chemical substances with the mass spectrometer, and identifying the sample based on a detection of a substance detection signal pattern of the mass spectrometer including substance detection signals representing the composition of chemical substances.

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