A combined single photon ionization and photoelectron ionization source for orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometer

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 60-64

  Wu, Qinghao ^a,b   Hua, Lei ^a,b   Hou, Keyong ^a   Cui, Huapeng ^a,b   Chen, Ping ^a,b   Wang, Weiguo ^a   Li, Jinghua ^a   Li, Haiyang ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Combined ion source; Photoelectron ionization; Single photon ionization; VUV lamp

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955584833     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2010.06.034     Document Type: Article

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