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US 9,805,922 B2Granted
System and method for rapid evaporative ionization of liquid phase samples
AssigneeMicromass UK Limited
InventorZoltan Takats
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Abstract
According to some embodiments, systems and methods for rapid evaporation of liquid phase samples are provided. The method includes directing liquid samples to a thermal evaporation ionizing device, thermally evaporating the liquid samples to create gaseous molecular ions, and directing the gaseous molecular ions to an ion analyzer to analyze and provide information regarding the chemical composition of the liquid samples.
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A method for analyzing liquid phase samples, comprising
- generating a sample aerosol from a liquid sample;
- transporting the sample aerosol to an analyzer device;
- introducing the sample aerosol into a sub-atmospheric pressure regime of the ion analyzer device;
- desolvating the sample aerosol in the sub-atmospheric pressure regime of the ion analyzer device to produce sample ions.
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