The Method of Ion Mobility TOF Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Identification of Triphenylmethane Ball Point Pen Dyes

In this work ion mobility time-of-flight mass spectrometry is preliminarily studied as a method for identification of the composition for triphenylmethane ball point pen dyes by their traces on paper. Components were identified as Basic violet 2, Methyl violet 6B, Methyl violet 2B, Crystal violet. All the compounds were shown to form excellent individual mass selective mobility peaks. Short time of analysis allow one to consider IMS/TOFMS as a perspective alternative for traditional methods of identification.