Factors influencing the QMF resolution for operation in stability zones 1 and 3

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 988-995

  Syed, Sarfaraz U A H ^a   Hogan, Thomas ^a   Gibson, John ^a   Taylor, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Number of RF cycles; Performance curve; Quadrupole mass filter (QMF); Resolution; Runge Kutta algorithm; U V ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELS; LINEAR REGION; MASS FILTER; MAXIMUM RESOLUTION; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE CURVE; QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTERS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF-CYCLE; RUNGE-KUTTA ALGORITHMS; SCAN LINE; STABILITY DIAGRAM; STABILITY ZONES;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPECTROSCOPY;

STABILITY;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PREDICTION; QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTER; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84862518014     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0348-4     Document Type: Article

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