Ion source
AssigneeMDS Inc.
InventorCharles Jolliffe
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Abstract
An ion source having a capillary for spraying analyte to form ions, which are charged and attracted to the edge of an insulating film on a spinning disk having a metal core. The disk carries the ions through a slot into a vacuum chamber where they are removed, resulting in continuous transfer of the ions into the vacuum chamber while greatly reducing the amount of gas which enters the vacuum chamber.
Claims3
Apparatus for transferring ions into a vacuum chamber for mass analysis, said apparatus comprising a source of vapour phase ions, a disk having an insulating surface and mounted for rotation about an axis, a motive device for spinning said disk, said disk being maintained at a potential to attract ions from the source to the disk, said vacuum chamber having a narrow slot therein, a portion of the periphery of the disk penetrating into said slot, and means for removing the ions on the disk at the location of said slot for thereby transferring the ions into the vacuum chamber.
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