skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: INTEGRAL CONTROL FOR AUTOMATIC BEAM-POSITIONING IN MASS SPECTROMETERS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4252702

A means of controlling the position of the ion beam of a mass spectrometer with respect to the collector slit was developed. Positioning is accomplished by varying the accelerating voltage in accordance with the integral of a quantity proportional to the position error. The error is defined by the amplitude and phase of an a-c component in the collector current. A laboratory model of a control incorporating these principles was constructed and evaluated. Excellent control of beam position was achieved at no sacrifice in analytical precision. A high degree of reliability is indicated since the control was in continuous service for several months with

Research Organization:
Goodyear Atomic Corp., Portsmouth, Ohio
DOE Contract Number:
AT(33-2)-1
NSA Number:
NSA-13-014442
OSTI ID:
4252702
Report Number(s):
GAT-T-588
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Changed from OFFICIAL USE ONLY Apr. 16, 1959. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

INTEGRAL CONTROL FOR AUTOMATIC BEAM-POSITIONING IN MASS SPECTROMETERS
Technical Report · Fri Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 1960 · OSTI ID:4252702

Ion source for MKh-7304 mass spectrometer
Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Instrum. Exp. Tech. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) · OSTI ID:4252702

Thin-window high-efficiency position sensitive proportional counter for the vacuum flat crystal spectrometers on the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory electron beam ion trap (abstract)
Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2001 · Review of Scientific Instruments · OSTI ID:4252702