Inversion for Mass Spectrometer Multicomponent Sampling.
Abstract
A mass spectrometer samples a neutral gas consisting of more than one component. During sampling, the component species are not only ionized, but also fragmented, thus introducing mass fragments not present in the original gas. A method has been developed that uses the resultant measured spectral intensity ratios to find the density or partial pressure ratios of the original components. In addition to spectral intensity ratios, the following is assumed to be known: the fragments produced from each original component; the branching ratios of these fragments; and the ratios of ionization efficiencies for each component pair. Since this method depends only on spectral and ionization ratios, it is in principle (although in practice, not completely) independent of the variable, and often time dependent, characteristics of individual instruments. jg p.3
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 22, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA297378
Entities
People
- Christopher Sherman
Organizations
- Phillips Laboratory