An optimised compact electron impact ion storage source for a time-of-flight mass spectrometer

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Abplanalp, Dominic ^a   Wurz, Peter ^a   Huber, Liliane ^a   Leya, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron impact ionisation; Electrostatic field separation; Ion storage source; Space research; TOF MS

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955553543     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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