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Using a Cyclic Ion Mobility Spectrometer for Tandem Ion Mobility Experiments
Published on: January 20, 2022
Space charge effect in spectrometers of ion mobility increment with cylindrical drift chamber
A A Elistratov1, L A Sherbakov
1The Institute for Cryptosystems, Communication and Informatics, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Abstract:
We have amplified the model for the drift of ions under a non-uniform high-frequency electric field by taking space charge effect into account. By this means, we have investigated the effect of space charge on the dynamics of a single type of ions in a spectrometer of ion mobility increment with a cylindrical drift chamber. The counteraction of the space charge effect and the focusing effect is investigated. The output ion current saturation caused by the effect of the space charge is observed. The shape of the ion peak taking into consideration the space charge effect has been obtained. We show that the effect of the space charge is sufficient for the relative ion density greater than 10 ppt by order of magnitude (for a cylindrical geometry spectrometer with typical parameters).
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