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M+1 Peak Carbon Counting

Carbon-13 is 1.1% naturally abundant, so the M+1 peak intensity relative to M is approximately 1.1 times the number of carbon atoms. The estimate degrades for large molecules and must be corrected for nitrogen's 0.37% M+1 contribution.

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Carbon-13 is 1.1% naturally abundant, so the M+1 peak intensity relative to M is approximately 1.1 times the number of carbon atoms. The estimate degrades for large molecules and must be corrected for nitrogen's 0.37% M+1 contribution.

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