scholarly journals An Interface with a Linear Quadrupole Ion Guide for an Electrospray-Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer System

2000 ◽  
Vol 72 (22) ◽  
pp. 5647-5654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byungchul Cha ◽  
Michael Blades ◽  
D. J. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Ion Trap ◽  
Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Ion Guide ◽  
Mass Spectrometer System ◽  
Spectrometer System

The Influence of Doping on the Etching of Si(111)

1986 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold F. Winters ◽  
D. Haarer
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Doping Level ◽  
Etch Rate ◽  
Plasma Reactors ◽  
Doping Effects ◽  
Mass Spectrometer System ◽  
Spectrometer System

AbstractIt has been recognized for some time that the doping level in silicon influences etch rate in plasma environments[1–8]. We have now been able to reproduce and investigate these doping effects in a modulated-beam, mass spectrometer system described previously [9] using XeF2 as the etchant gas. The phenomena which have been observed in plasma reactors containing fluorine atoms are also observed in our experiments. The data has led to a model which explains the major trends.

scholarly journals Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer for Ice Giant Atmospheres Exploration

2021 ◽  
Vol 217 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Simcic ◽  
D. Nikolić ◽  
A. Belousov ◽  
D. Atkinson ◽  
C. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Ion Trap ◽  
Quadrupole Ion Trap ◽  
Atomic Mass ◽  
Charge Ratio ◽  
Inlet System ◽  
Mass Spectrometers ◽  
Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Entry Probe ◽  
Composition Measurements

AbstractTo date, a variety of different types of mass spectrometers have been utilized on missions to study the composition of atmospheres of solar system bodies, including Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Titan, the moon, and several comets. With the increasing interest in future small probe missions, mass spectrometers need to become even more versatile, lightweight, compact, and sensitive.For in situ exploration of ice giant atmospheres, the highest priority composition measurements are helium and the other noble gases, noble gas isotopes, including 3He/4He, and other key isotopes like D/H. Other important but lower priority composition measurements include abundances of volatiles C, N, S, and P; isotopes 13C/12C, 15N/14N, 18O/17O/16O; and disequilibrium species PH3, CO, AsH3, GeH4, and SiH4. Required measurement accuracies are largely defined by the accuracies achieved by the Galileo (Jupiter) probe Neutral Mass Spectrometer and Helium Abundance Detectors, and current measurement accuracies of solar abundances.An inherent challenge of planetary entry probe mass spectrometers is the introduction of material to be sampled (gas, solid, or liquid) into the instrument interior, which operates at a vacuum level. Atmospheric entry probe mass spectrometers typically require a specially designed sample inlet system, which ideally provides highly choked, nearly constant mass-flow intake over a large range of ambient pressures. An ice giant descent probe would have to operate for 1-2 hours over a range of atmospheric pressures, possibly covering 2 or more orders of magnitude, from the tropopause near 100 mbar to at least 10 bars, in an atmospheric layer of depth beneath the tropopause of about 120 km at Neptune and about 150 km at Uranus.The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (QITMS) is being developed to achieve all of these requirements. A compact, wireless instrument with a mass of only 7.5 kg, and a volume of 7 liters (7U), the JPL QITMS is currently the smallest flight mass spectrometer available for possible use on planetary descent probes as well as small bodies, including comet landers and surface sample return missions. The QITMS is capable of making measurements of all required constituents in the mass range of 1–600 atomic mass units (u) at a typical speed of 50 mass spectra per second, with a sensitivity of up to $10^{13}$ 10 13  counts/mbar/sec and mass resolution of $m/\Delta m=18000$ m / Δ m = 18000 at m/q = 40. (Throughout this paper we use the unit of m/q = u/e for the mass-to-charge ratio, where atomic mass unit and elementary charge are $1~\text{u} = 1.66\times 10^{-27}~\text{kg}$ 1 u = 1.66 × 10 − 27 kg and $1\text{e} = 1.6\times 10^{-19}$ 1 e = 1.6 × 10 − 19 C, respectively.) The QITMS features a novel MEMS-based inlet system driven by a piezoelectric actuator that continuously regulates gas flow at inlet pressures of up to 100 bar.In this paper, we present an overview of the QITMS capabilities, including instrument design and characteristics of the inlet system, as well as the most recent results from laboratory measurements in different modes of operation, especially suitable for ice giant atmospheres exploration.

Measurement of changes in atmospheric Ar/N2 ratio using a rapid-switching, single-capillary mass spectrometer system

Tellus B ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 322-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
RALPH F. KEELING ◽  
TEGAN BLAINE ◽  
BILL PAPLAWSKY ◽  
LAURA KATZ ◽  
CHRIS ATWOOD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Mass Spectrometer System ◽  
Spectrometer System ◽  
Rapid Switching

A mass spectrometer system for analysis of polar stratospheric aerosols

2002 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 446-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Schreiner ◽  
C. Voigt ◽  
P. Zink ◽  
A. Kohlmann ◽  
D. Knopf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Mass Spectrometer System ◽  
Spectrometer System ◽  
Stratospheric Aerosols
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