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Linear electric field mass spectrometry

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7067038
A mass spectrometer and methods for mass spectrometry are described. The apparatus is compact and of low weight and has a low power requirement, making it suitable for use on a space satellite and as a portable detector for the presence of substances. High mass resolution measurements are made by timing ions moving through a gridless cylindrically symmetric linear electric field. 8 figs.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 5168158
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-678081
OSTI ID:
7067038
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English