double-focusing mass spectrometer

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Figure 4: Arrangement of the electrostatic and magnetic sectors in the Mattauch-Herzog double-focusing mass spectrometer. The ions are deflected in opposite directions in the electrostatic and magnetic fields. The divergent monoenergetic beam contains two ion species of different mass-to-charge ratio. All ions are brought to a focus along the plane AB.

Figure 5: Arrangement of the electrostatic and magnetic sectors in the Nier double-focusing mass spectrometer. The angle of the electrostatic sector is 90° and that of the magnetic sector 60°. The direction of deflection of the ion beam is the same in both sectors.

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mass spectrometry
Focusing spectroscopes
Such focusing is termed double focusing. It was thus possible to achieve a resolving power of about 60,000.
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Such focusing is termed double focusing. It was thus possible to achieve a resolving power of about 60,000.
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mass spectrometry
Combined electric and magnetic field analysis
…of the best examples of double-focusing mass spectroscopes, both of which have been used in a variety of commercial instruments, were built by Mattauch and Richard Herzog in West Germany and by the American physicist Alfred O. Nier and his collaborators. The Mattauch-Herzog geometry is shown in Figure 4. Ions…
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…of the best examples of double-focusing mass spectroscopes, both of which have been used in a variety of commercial instruments, were built by Mattauch and Richard Herzog in West Germany and by the American physicist Alfred O. Nier and his collaborators. The Mattauch-Herzog geometry is shown in Figure 4. Ions…
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