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A particle beam interface has been coupled to a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. The system allows the collection of electron ionization mass spectra from analyte in solution. The interface incorporates a pneumatic nebulizer, a heated desolvation chamber, and a three-stage separator region. Additional helium, for improved performance, is added through stage 3. The particles formed in the interface are separated from solvent molecules and are transferred directly to the ion trap where they are expected to collide with the hot hyperbolic surface of the end cap. The end cap serves both as a heated target used to vaporize the particles and as an ion-trapping electrode. Mass analysis is achieved with the mass-selective instability scan supplemented with resonance ejection. Electron ionization spectra from 100 ng of caffeine [molecular weight (MW) = 1941; 1-naphthalenol methylcarbamate (carbaryl) (MW = 2011, 17α-hydroxyprogesterone (MW = 330), and reserpine (MW = 608) are shown using sampling by a segmented flow analysis. Some charge exchange is evident with methanol as well as self-chemical ionization at higher analyte levels. The interface shows a nonlinear caffeine calibration curve for analyte amounts below 30 ng and a more linear response at higher amounts. Caffeine was detected at 25 pmol (5 ng), with a signal-to-noise ratio of 50, 20-μL loop, full scan.
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Bier, M.E., Winkler, P.C. & Herron, J.R. Coupling a particle beam interface directly to a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 4, 38–46 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1016/1044-0305(93)85040-5
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