Abstract:
A method of fabricating miniature quadrupole electrostatic mass filter has been previously described. The electrodes are metallised cylinders, mounted in grooves etched in oxidised silicon substrates, which are held apart at the correct spacing by cylindrical spacer rods. This invention concerns an ion source mounted on extensions of the spacer rods, which project beyond the mass filter. The ion source consists of a cold-cathode electron emitter, which emits electrons with energies sufficient to cause impact ionisation, and electrostatic optics suitable for coupling the ion flux into the mass filter. Methods of constructing a single self-aligned electron source and a similar dual source are described. Arrangements for mounting the electron source and the ion coupling lens so that the electron and ion beams travel at right angles to one another for efficient separation are described. A method of fabricating a self-aligned one-dimensional einzel electrostatic lens from metallised cylinders mounted in the silicon substrates using etched grooves is described. A method of fabricating a-self-aligned two-dimensional einzel lens from metal plates is also described.
Abstract:
Based on a three-dimensional model of a dynamic object having a position which changes, point group information which represents, with a group of points, a three-dimensional shape of the dynamic object is generated. Based on a three-dimensional model of a static object having a position which does not change, point group information representing, with a group of points, a three-dimensional shape of the static object is generated. Based on the point group information of the static object, voxel group information which represents, with a group of voxels, the three-dimensional shape of the static object, and which is formed into a database is generated. Presence or absence of overlap between the dynamic object and the static object is judged by collating voxel group information representing the static object which is present on a movement path of the dynamic object, and point group information representing the dynamic object.
Abstract:
A mass spectrometer system for gas analysis comprises an ion pump (12) for creating an internal vacuum within said mass spectrometer, an ionization chamber (26), an inlet passage (14) through which a gas sample is introduced into the ionization chamber, extraction means a quadrupole filter (50) into which the ions and electrons are directed by the extractor plate (48), the quadrupole filter (50) being operative to permit a stream of ions with a pre-selected mass-to-charge ratio to pass through the filter while ions other than those having the pre-selected mass-to-charge ratio separate from the stream of ions, means for directing electrons toward ions other than those having the pre-selected mass-to-charge ratio in the area of said quadrupole filter (50) so that the electrons combine with the ions, a sensor (64) for detecting the stream of ions passing through the quadrupole filter (50), and analyzing means (80) connected with the sensor for analyzing the components of the gas sample.
Abstract:
A mass spectrometer system for gas analysis comprises an ion pump (12) for creating an internal vacuum within said mass spectrometer, an ionization chamber (26), an inlet passage (14) through which a gas sample is introduced into the ionization chamber, extraction means a quadrupole filter (50) into which the ions and electrons are directed by the extractor plate (48), the quadrupole filter (50) being operative to permit a stream of ions with a pre-selected mass-to-charge ratio to pass through the filter while ions other than those having the pre-selected mass-to-charge ratio separate from the stream of ions, means for directing electrons toward ions other than those having the pre-selected mass-to-charge ratio in the area of said quadrupole filter (50) so that the electrons combine with the ions, a sensor (64) for detecting the stream of ions passing through the quadrupole filter (50), and analyzing means (80) connected with the sensor for analyzing the components of the gas sample.
Abstract:
A plurality of molecular components contained in a gas are to be ionized together at the same time by the PI method. For example, a plurality of molecular components contained in a gas generated at a certain instant are accurately analyzed in real-time based on the PI method. A gas analyzer includes a gas conveyor 4 that conveys a gas generated from a sample S in a sample chamber R0 to an analysis chamber R1, an ionizer 19 that ionizes the gas, a quadrupole filter 21 that separates ions for each mass-to-charge ratio, and an ion detector 22 that detects the separated ions. The ionizer 19 has an ionizing region provided near a gas outlet of the gas conveyor 4 and a lamp 33A that applies light to the ionizing region. Since the lamp 33A emits light having an light directivity lower than that of laser light and traveling in a spreading manner, the gas having entered the ionizing region in the ionizer 19 receives light irradiation in a wide range, and a plurality of gas components therein are ionized.
Abstract:
A plurality of molecular components contained in a gas are to be ionized together at the same time by the PI method. For example, a plurality of molecular components contained in a gas generated at a certain instant are accurately analyzed in real-time based on the PI method. A gas analyzer includes a gas conveyor 4 that conveys a gas generated from a sample S in a sample chamber R0 to an analysis chamber R1, an ionizer 19 that ionizes the gas, a quadrupole filter 21 that separates ions for each mass-to-charge ratio, and an ion detector 22 that detects the separated ions. The ionizer 19 has an ionizing region provided near a gas outlet of the gas conveyor 4 and a lamp 33A that applies light to the ionizing region. Since the lamp 33A emits light having an light directivity lower than that of laser light and traveling in a spreading manner, the gas having entered the ionizing region in the ionizer 19 receives light irradiation in a wide range, and a plurality of gas components therein are ionized.
Abstract:
A quadrupole is filled with ions and the ions are cooled by applying a pressure and gas flow within the quadrupole. Ions are trapped in the quadrupole by applying a DC voltage and an RF voltage to quadrupole rods of the quadrupole, one or more DC voltages to a plurality of auxiliary electrodes of the quadrupole, and a DC voltage and an RF voltage to an exit lens at the end of the quadrupole. The ions are coherently oscillated after the filling and cooling by applying a coherent excitation between at least two rods of the quadrupole rods. The coherently oscillating ions are axially ejected through the exit lens and to a destructive detector for detection by changing one or more voltages of the one or more DC voltages of the plurality of auxiliary electrodes and changing the DC voltage of the exit lens.
Abstract:
An electron source for electron-induced dissociation in an RF-free electromagnetostatic cell for use installation in a tandem mass spectrometer is provided. An electromagnetostatic electron-induced dissociation cell may include at least one magnet having an opening disposed therein and having a longitudinal axis extending through the opening, the magnet having magnetic flux lines associated therewith, and an electron emitter having an electron emissive surface comprising a sheet, the emitter disposed about the axis at a location relative to the magnet where the electron emissive surface is substantially perpendicular to the magnetic flux lines at the electron emissive surface.