Experimental characterization of the effect of skimmer cone design on shock formation and ion transmission efficiency in the vacuum interface of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 2-8

  Taylor, Nicholas ^a   Farnsworth, Paul B ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

ICP MS; Ion transmission; Shock formation; Skimmer cone

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; BARIUM IONS; CALCIUM IONS; COULOMBIC EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; ICP-MS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER; ION TRANSMISSION; ION TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; ORIFICE DIAMETERS; SHOCK FORMATION; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; VACUUM INTERFACES;

BARIUM; SHOCK WAVES; SPECTROMETERS;

IONS;

EID: 84860275885     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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