Computer simulation of the mass filter for a finite length quadrupole

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 184-188

  Tunstall, J J ^a   Voo, A C C ^a   Taylor, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; EFFICIENCY; FOURIER SERIES; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

FINITE LENGTH; ION ENERGIES; ION TRAJECTORIES; MASS FILTER; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER; QUADRUPOLES; SIMULATION PROJECTS; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

IONS;

EID: 0030965037     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(19970131)11:2<184::AID-RCM724>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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