Quadrupole mass filter: Design and performance for operation in stability zone 3

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1493-1500

  Syed, Sarfaraz U A H ^a   Hogan, Thomas J ^a   Antony Joseph, Mariya J ^a   Maher, Simon ^a   Taylor, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Number of rf cycles; Performance curve; Quadrupole mass filter (QMF); Resolution; Stability zone 3; Transmission; U V ratio

Indexed keywords

NUMBER OF RF CYCLES; PERFORMANCE CURVE; QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTERS; STABILITY ZONES; U/V RATIOS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TRANSMISSIONS;

STABILITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM RESOLUTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTER; STABILITY ZONE 1; STABILITY ZONE 2; STABILITY ZONE 3; TRANSMISSION PERCENTAGE;

EID: 84884552842     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-013-0704-z     Document Type: Article

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