Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Co-occurrence of boundary and resonance ejection in a multiplexed rectilinear ion trap mass spectrometer

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
A method is reported for evaluating ion trap mass analyzers by selection of operating conditions under which both boundary and resonance ejection peaks occur in a single mass scan. The choice of frequency and amplitude of the auxiliary waveform applied for resonance ejection can be such as to produce a resonance ejection mass spectrum with unit resolution or, under selected conditions, signals attributable to both boundary and resonance ejection in a single mass scan. The contrasting mass resolution associated with these two ejection processes is evident in these data. The co-occurrence of the two ejection phenomena is ascribed to the effects of higher-order fields; it is more marked in some rectilinear ion traps (RITs) than in other nominally identical devices, leading to the possibility of using it to compare individual mass analyzers in multiplexed instruments. The method is used to compare multiple ion traps driven by the same RF signal in a fully-multiplexed mass spectrometer, composed of parallel ion source/mass analyzer/detector channels each housed in one quadrant of a specialized vacuum chamber.
OSTI ID:
22774093
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Journal Name: Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 17; ISSN 1044-0305; ISSN JAMSEF
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Enhancement of mass resolution in the quadrupole ion trap via resonance ejection
Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · OSTI ID:5882754

Novel linear ion trap mass analyzer composed of four planar electrodes
Journal Article · Sat Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · OSTI ID:22774056

Implementation of Precursor and Neutral Loss Scans on a Miniature Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer and Performance Comparison to a Benchtop Linear Ion Trap
Journal Article · Sun Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · OSTI ID:22776895