A question from the Ask a Guru was how to use MS/MSD samples and reports, well read below.

In the Environmental realm there is an experiment for a Matrix Spike and a duplicate, when compared to an unknown sample.

This allows for the chemist to calcualte a recovery of of the compounds contained in the unknown sample.

To set up the experiment the chemist needs three sample types.

1. Matrix Spike – with compounds spiked into it at a known level
2. Matrix Spike Duplicate –  with compounds spiked into it at the same level as the Matrix Spike
3. Unknown – a sample with unknown amounts

Under QAQC tab of the Master/Local Method the concetrations of the spikes compounds must be entered in the grid for the MS and MSD tab.

In the Batch View the samples to be grouped together and used to report the Recovery must have the same SAMPLE ID. There must be one of each SAMPLE TYPE, but each one must have the sample SAMPLE  ID text in their individual grid cell.

When the batch is processed the data for recovery will be calcuated and a MS/MSD Report can be generated that displays the information about this experiment.

See the picture below of the report in Report View.

Thanks to Gail Harrison for her suggestion on a blog post.