摘要:
A mass spectrometer comprising a passage through which a sample solution flows, the passage including a capillary having an open tip, the sample solution flowing through the capillary out of the open tip of the capillary, a gas passage which forms a gas flow around the open tip of the capillary, the gas flow spraying the sample solution flowing out of the open tip of the capillary, a first electrode which contacts the sample solution flowing in the passage and applies an electric potential to the sample solution flowing in the passage, a second electrode disposed around the capillary near the open tip of the capillary, the second electrode being downstream from the first electrode with respect to a direction in which the sample solution flows in the passage, there being no gap extending downstream from the open tip of the capillary to the second electrode in a direction in which the sample solution flows out of the open tip of the capillary, the second electrode being electrically isolated from the sample solution flowing in the capillary and applying an electric field to the sample solution flowing in the capillary, and an analyzer which analyzes a mass of gaseous ions formed from the sample solution sprayed by the gas flow.
摘要:
A mass spectrometer in which, in order to reduce noise due to other particles (large charge droplets, neutral particles, photons, or the like), the orbit of ions and the orbit of other particles are separated from each other in the inside of a mass analysis region so as to make it possible to prevent the other particles from reaching an ion detection region without using any deflector.
摘要:
In an analytical apparatus, an ion trap mass spectrometer and a detector for detecting ions separated in the mass spectrometer are installed in different chambers. Ions generated from an ion source and passing through two differential pumping chambers into a third chamber containing the detector are deflected from their initial trajectory into the mass spectrometer in a fourth chamber for separation. In a first embodiment, the separated ions are returned along the same path into the detector in the third chamber. According to a second embodiment, the detector is located along the path of ion travel beyond the mass spectrometer, and the separated ions pass through a second orifice in the mass spectrometer and into the detector in the third chamber.