Millisecond pulsed radio frequency glow discharge time of flight mass spectrometry: Temporal and spatial variations in molecular energetics

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-102

  Li, Lei ^a   Millay, John T ^a   Turner, John P ^a   King, Fred L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GLOW DISCHARGES; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMAS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

INTERNAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STEADY STATE; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0346492939     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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