摘要:
An external ion source assembly in which ion are formed in an ion volume by the interaction of energetic electrons and gas molecules. The effective energy of the electrons entering the ion volume is controlled by changing the voltage between the electron source (filament) and the ionization volume whereby ions having sufficient energy for ionizing atoms and molecules leave the electron source and enter the ionization volume only during an ionization period. The ion source assembly can be used both for electron impact ionization (EI) and for chemical ionization (CI).
摘要:
The present invention relates generally to an ion trap mass spectrometer for analyzing ions and more particularly to a substantially quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer with an enlarged ion occupied volume. Described herein are electrode geometries that enlarge the ion occupied volume. Improved ion sensitivities, detection limits and dynamic range should be realized for the same charge density in these devices because the increased ion occupied volume allows for the storage of a greater number of ions. The essence of this invention is that these ion trap geometries may apply all modes of operation of substantially quadrupole ion traps such as the mass selective instability mode, resonance excitation/ejection, and MS.sup.n.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for increasing the dynamic range and sensitivity of a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer operating in the chemical ionization mode. Prior to mass analysis, a prescan is performed with the ion trap and the ionization and reaction periods are adjusted to produce enough stored product or analyte ions to generate a good signal-to-noise ratio in the detection of trace amounts of analyte, yet not so many analyte ions that resolution in the mass spectrum is lost. A mass analysis scan is then performed with the ion trap using the ionization and reaction periods predetermined during the prescan.
摘要:
The invention provides improvements in reagents for use in electron transfer dissociation ionization techniques for use in mass spectrometry, particularly for sequencing peptides and proteins using mass spectrometric techniques involving electrospray ionization and MS/MS characterization of fragment ions. The novel reagents used in the inventive methods allow for more effective determination of protein sequences, especially of long peptides or post-translationally modified protein fragments. Use of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons azulene, homoazulene, and acenaphthylene, and homodimers and heterodimers thereof, are described.
摘要:
A simple and economical method of mass analyzing a sample by means of a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer in an MS/MS mode comprises the steps of forming ions within a trap structure, changing the RF and DC voltages in such a way that the ions with mass-to-charge ratios within a desired range will be and remain trapped within the trap structure, dissociating such ions into fragments by collisions and increasing the field intensity again so that the generated fragments will become unstable and exit the trap volume sequentially to be detected. A supplementary AC field may be applied additionally to provide various scan modes as well as dissociate the ions.
摘要:
A quadrupole mass spectrometer in which a sample to be analyzed is ionized in a two or three dimensional electrostatic trapping field, and the ions in the range of the mass-to-charge ratios to be analyzed are excited at their characteristic frequencies of motion. The excited ions generate image currents which are detected and processed to provide a mass spectrum.
摘要:
An ion source apparatus for a mass spectrometer comprises a refractory metal filament operable to provide a flow of electrons by thermionic emission; an electrical current source electrically coupled to the filament for heating the filament; a vacuum chamber enclosing the filament; an ionization volume within the vacuum chamber capable of receiving the flow of electrons; a source of an oxygen-providing gas or gases; a restrictive fluidic coupling to the source of oxygen-providing gas or gases; and a gas conduit fluidically coupled to the restrictive fluidic coupling, the restrictive fluidic coupling and conduit operable to provide a flow of the oxygen-providing gas or gases into the vacuum chamber so as to maintain a partial pressure of said gas or gases within the vacuum chamber that is sufficiently high so as to inhibit the otherwise formation of a carbonaceous growth on the filament in the presence of a gaseous carbon-containing material.
摘要:
A dual ion trap mass analyzer includes adjacently positioned first and second two-dimensional ion traps respectively maintained at relatively high and low pressures. Functions favoring high pressure (cooling and fragmentation) may be performed in the first trap, and functions favoring low pressure (isolation and analytical scanning) may be performed in the second trap. Ions may be transferred between the first and second trap through a plate lens having a small aperture that presents a pumping restriction and allows different pressures to be maintained in the two traps. The differential-pressure environment of the dual ion trap mass analyzer facilitates the use of high-resolution analytical scan modes without sacrificing ion capture and fragmentation efficiencies.
摘要:
A dual ion trap mass analyzer includes adjacently positioned first and second two-dimensional ion traps respectively maintained at relatively high and low pressures. Functions favoring high pressure (cooling and fragmentation) may be performed in the first trap, and functions favoring low pressure (isolation and analytical scanning) may be performed in the second trap. Ions may be transferred between the first and second trap through a plate lens having a small aperture that presents a pumping restriction and allows different pressures to be maintained in the two traps. The differential-pressure environment of the dual ion trap mass analyzer facilitates the use of high-resolution analytical scan modes without sacrificing ion capture and fragmentation efficiencies.