Essential elements of time-of-flight mass spectrometry in combination with the inductively coupled plasma ion source

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1511-1525

  Guilhaus, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axial acceleration; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Orthogonal acceleration; Quadrupole; Time of flight mass spectrometry; Transient inlet systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347519436     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(00)00261-5     Document Type: Review

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