article

Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer with Improved Resolution

Review of Scientific Instruments · 1955 · Vol. 26(12) · pp. 1150–1157

W. C. Wiley✉(Bendix Field Engineering Corporation (United States))I. H. McLaren(Bendix Field Engineering Corporation (United States))

View via DOI Publisher page

Abstract

A new type of ion gun is described which greatly improves the resolution of a nonmagnetic time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The focusing action of this gun is discussed and analyzed mathematically. The validity of the analysis and the practicability of the gun are demonstrated by the spectra obtained. The spectrometer is capable of measuring the relative abundance of adjacent masses well beyond 100 amu.

Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Ion-surface interactions and analysis Atomic and Molecular PhysicsSpectrometerMass spectrometryTime of flightResolution (logic)Hybrid mass spectrometerIonPhysicsLow resolutionSpectral lineOptics

Citations

3,622

FWCI

2.08

field-weighted impact

References

Percentile

85%

vs. same field & year

Citations per year

Cited by