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Mass Spectrometry, continued

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    1. Understand how ions are detected in mass spectrometers. Especially know how electron multipliers work.

      http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_multiplier

      www.sge.com/products/electron...ltipliers-work

      http://www.vias.org/simulations/simusoft_emultiplier.html

      sales.hamamatsu.com/en/produc...ultipliers.php

    2. Understand the role of mass analyzers in mass spectrometry. Be able to describe how quadrupole, time-of-flight, double-focusing, and FTICR analyzers work.

      http://www.asms.org/whatisms/p8.html

      http://www.instrumentalchemistry.com/gasphase/pages/iontrap.htm

      http://www.instrumentalchemistry.com/gasphase/pages/tof.htm

      http://www.instrumentalchemistry.com/gasphase/pages/magsecone.htm


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