A combined mass gate-energy discriminator

被引:3
作者
Becker, I [1 ]
Cheshnovsky, O [1 ]
机构
[1] Tel Aviv Univ, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Fac Exact Sci, Sch Chem, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
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10.1063/1.1148446
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A mass gate allows transmitting a selected mass in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer and to block other masses. The conventional stopping-potential mass gate does not discriminate against spontaneous fragments, which are generated in the drift tube. We present a simple improved version of a mass gate, which discriminates against fragments by using the fact that their kinetic energy is lower than that of the parent ion. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:4625 / 4626
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