Linear electric field mass spectrometry

Patent Application · Fri Mar 29 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:10131672

McComas, D J; Nordholt, J E

A mass spectrometer is described having a low weight and low power requirement, for use in space. It can be used to analyze the ionized particles in the region of the spacecraft on which it is mounted. High mass resolution measurements are made by timing ions moving through a gridless cylindrically sysmetric linear electric field.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A7678081
• Application Number: ON: DE93008231; PAN: 7-678,081
• OSTI ID: 10131672
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 29 Mar 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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