First Distance-of-Flight Instrument: Opening a New Paradigm in Mass Spectrometry |
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Authors: | Alexander W. G. Graham Steven J. Ray Christie G. Enke Charles J. Barinaga David W. Koppenaal Gary M. Hieftje |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA;(2) Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA;(3) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA; |
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Abstract: | A new instrumental concept, distance-of-flight mass spectrometry (DOFMS), is demonstrated experimentally. In DOFMS the mass-to-charge ratio of ions is determined by the distance each ion travels during a fixed time period; the mass spectrum is then recorded with a position-sensitive detector. The DOF approach provides a new way to separate and quantify components of complex samples. Initial results are demonstrated with a glow discharge ion source and a microchannel plate–phosphor screen detector assembly for atomic ion determination. This detection system demonstrated mass spectral peak widths of approximately 0.65 mm, corresponding to resolving powers of approximately 400–600 for a number of elemental samples. |
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