Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mass calibration device for a mass spectrometer
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Application No.: US16220291Application Date: 2018-12-14
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Publication No.: US10600626B1Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Jason S. Cole , Edward B. McCauley
- Applicant: Thermo Finnigan LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: THERMOS FINNIGAN LLC
- Current Assignee: THERMOS FINNIGAN LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent David A. Schell; Nicholas Cairns
- Main IPC: H01J49/00
- IPC: H01J49/00 ; G01N33/00 ; H01J49/16 ; H01J49/26

Abstract:
A calibration device and a method of calibrating a mass spectrometer are described where two or more immiscible mass spectrometry calibration compounds in close proximity to each other share a common headspace volume above their liquid surfaces. This arrangement allows each calibrant to evaporate at differing rates while allowing the headspace concentrations to remain relatively unchanged over time (forming a quasi-equilibrium calibrant mixture). The mixture is either delivered to an ion source of a mass spectrometer or to a vacuum pump via a flow restrictor from a calibration vial. The calibrant gas mixture in the headspace volume may be used to calibrate a mass spectrometer.
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