Ion Collection by a Positive Ion Mass Spectrometer

Abstract

Measurements of the voltage-current ion-collection characteristics of a rocket-borne quadrupole mass spectrometer are reported and compared with those previously obtained by means of numerical calculation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 21, 1972
Accession Number
AD0740857

Entities

People

  • Christopher Sherman

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Composition
  • Calibration
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrostatic Probes
  • Flight Instruments
  • Mach Number
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mean Free Path
  • Measurement
  • Rockets
  • Spectrometers
  • Spectrometry
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.