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Sarfaraz U A H Syed1, Jeyan Sreekumar, J R Gibson
1Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, UK.
Abstract:
We report here a study using a quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS) in which a static magnetic field is applied transversely to the body of the mass filter operating in stability zone 3. Significant improvement in QMS performance was obtained under certain magnetic field conditions, and these have been explained in terms of our theoretical model. The theoretical approach assumed in the model is that the QMS contains hyperbolic rods as electrodes and that the magnetic field acts over the full length of the mass filter assembly. Our latest analysis also predicts for what values of operating parameters an enhancement of the quadrupole resolution is achieved when a transverse magnetic field is applied. The model predicts instrument resolution R > 5000 for Ar with a 100 mm long mass filter and R > 3500 for a HT and D(2) mixture with a 200 mm long mass filter via application of a transverse magnetic field.
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