Total Ion Chromatogram (TIC)
A TIC (Total Ion Chromatogram) is a chromatogram created by summing up intensities of all mass spectral peaks belonging to the same scan. The TIC is compared to a GC chromatogram. Note that the TIC includes background noise as well as sample components.
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