摘要:
Method and apparatus for identification of chemical compounds in a sample based on differences in ion mobility, wherein the filter and detector electrodes are formed radially spaced on facing substrates.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of discriminating singly-charged ions from multiply-charged ions by the use of an ion trap type mass spectrometer which is an inexpensive mass spectrometer. This object is achieved by a mass-analyzing method using an ion trap type mass spectrometer which is equipped with a ring electrode and one pair of end cap electrodes and temporarily traps ions in a three-dimensional quadrupole field to mass-analyze a sample, comprising a first step of applying a main high frequency voltage to said ring electrode to form a three-dimensional quadrupole field, a second step of generating ions in said mass analyzing unit or injecting ions from the outside and trapping ions of a predetermined mass-to-charge ratio range in said mass analyzing unit, a third step of applying a supplementary AC voltage having a plurality of frequency components between said end cap electrodes and scanning the frequency components of said supplementary AC voltage, and a fourth step of scanning said main high frequency voltage and ejecting ions from said mass analyzing unit and detecting thereof. With this, chemical noises can be reduced dramatically.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a sample plate that is preferably constituted by a metal plate on which a membrane is affixed by a conductive double-sided tape. In the case where a sample, developed on a medium such as an electrophoresis gel, is transferred onto the membrane, in the same manner as a conventional blotting operation, a medium such as gel and the sample plate are sandwiched between flat plate electrodes so that the medium and the membrane are made in closely contact with each other, and a voltage is applied between both of the electrodes. Thus, the sample developed on the medium is transferred on the membrane through electrophoresis. Upon laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry, the sample plate is compatibly used as a plate for mass spectrometry.
摘要:
A detector requires a stream of dry air for transporting particles to the detector. The detector then operates to determine whether the dry air has transported any particles of interest. Continuous operation of the detector is permitted by providing first and second dryers that can be operated alternately for drying air that is to be directed to the detector. The dryer that is not being operated is recharged. Air is directed alternately between the first and second dryer to ensure that neither dryer is operated after reaching saturation.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for the quantitative analysis of the contents, in nitrogen, of hydrogen and methane by means of ionic mobility spectrometry, consisting of a) performing a measurement of the apparent hydrogen concentration in the nitrogen under examination; b) performing a measurement of the apparent hydrogen concentration in a flow of the same sample of nitrogen, purified from all impurities but methane; and c) comparing the two measures. A system is also disclosed for carrying out the method.
摘要:
In a method for detecting and identifying bioaerosol particles in the air, the bioaerosol particles in a particle stream are selected in an ATOFMS (aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer) by means of fluorescence techniques, and only the selected bioaerosol particles are ionized, for instance on the basis of MALDI (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization), after which the resulting ions are detected and the bioaerosol particles are identified.The selection of bioaerosol particles takes place by means of laser radiation, generated by a first laser device, of a wavelength which in specifice substances in bioaerosol particles effects a fluorescence, after which by means of a fluorescence detector the bioaerosol particles are selected and a second laser device is triggered to emit light of a wavelength which effects the ionization of the bioaerosol particles selected only by the fluorescence detector.
摘要:
A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising at least first and second ion traps which are arranged in series. A relatively high AC or RF voltage is applied to the electrodes forming the first ion trap in order to improve the trapping of energetic or high mass to charge ratio ions. The relatively high AC or RF voltage applied to the first ion trap also has the effect of raising the low mass cut-off of the first ion trap. The second ion trap, arranged downstream of the first ion trap, is arranged to have a lower low mass cut-off than the first ion trap, and hence ions which are not trapped in the first ion trap are trapped in the second ion trap.
摘要:
Mass spectrometers, and methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for operating the same, implement techniques for measuring mass of one or more analyte ions with high mass accuracy. The techniques include a calibration procedure that includes multiple calibration steps to account for system non-linearities. Components of a control system can be disposed in a thermally-controlled environment on a printed circuit board.
摘要:
A mass spectrometer includes an ion detector positioned upstream of a quadrupole mass filter/analyser. Ions are passed through the quadrupole mass filter/analyser, stored in an ion trap and then passed back through the same mass filter/analyser before being detected by the upstream ion detector. With this arrangement, MS/MS experiments can be performed using an apparatus having only a single mass filter/analyser.
摘要:
The invention covers a method for detecting ions in high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometers which operate with secondary electron multiplier multichannel plates and in which many single spectra are acquired and added to produce a sum spectrum. The invention involves (a) using an analog digital converter (ADC) for converting electron currents from secondary electron multipliers, instead of a time-to-digital converter (TDC) which was previously used for highest possible signal resolution, (b) performing a separate rapid peak recognition procedure for the ion signals of each spectrum by a fast calculation method, thereby collecting flight time and intensity value pairs for the ion peaks, and (c) constructing a time-of-flight/intensity histogram, which is further processed as a composite time-of-flight spectrum. The invention retains the significantly higher measurement dynamics of an ADC and achieves the improved resolution capability of a TDC, but without showing the latter's known signal distortion due to dead times.