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Accurate gaseous ion mobility measurements

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International Journal for Ion Mobility Spectrometry

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It is shown that theoretical values of the mobility of atomic ions in gases can be used to calibrate a drift-tube mass spectrometer, leading to subsequent measurements that are accurate to 0.6% for He+ in He near room temperature as the ratio of the electrostatic field strength to the gas number density ranges up to 2 × 10−19 Vm2. Values of the ratio of the parallel diffusion coefficient to the mobility are also obtained.

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  1. Science Department, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232, USA

    Larry A. Viehland, Anbara Lutfullaeva & Jamiyanaa Dashdorj

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA

    Rainer Johnsen

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Viehland, L., Lutfullaeva, A., Dashdorj, J. et al. Accurate gaseous ion mobility measurements. Int. J. Ion Mobil. Spec. 20, 95–104 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12127-017-0220-0

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