Development and analytical characterization of a Grimm-type glow discharge ion source operated with high gas flow rates and coupled to a mass spectrometer with high mass resolution

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1521-1533

  Beyer, Claus ^a   Feldmann, Ingo ^a   Gilmour, Dave ^b   Hoffmann, Volker ^c   Jakubowski, Norbert ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

^b Thermo Elemental   (United Kingdom)

^c IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glow discharge; Grimm type ion source; High mass resolution; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ION SOURCES; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GAS FLOW RATES; HIGH MASS RESOLUTION;

GLOW DISCHARGES;

EID: 0037107356     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(02)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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