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Mass resolution of 11,000 to 22,000 with a multiple pass quadrupole mass analyzer

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CO+ and N +2 are separated with resolution of 11,000 [full width half maximum (FWHM)] using a conventional quadrupole mass spectrometer by applying square wave voltages to the entrance and exit lenses to trap or reflect the ions for multiple passes. A resolution of 22,000 (FWHM) with 63% of the total signal remaining is attained using multiple passes when ions are stored between injection pulses. Gated ion extraction also reduces the mass shift and number and intensity of artifact peaks and permits better resolution compared to the performance obtained when the ions are injected continuously.

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    Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, 87131-2006, Albuquerque, NM

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Amad, M.H., Houk, R.S. Mass resolution of 11,000 to 22,000 with a multiple pass quadrupole mass analyzer. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 11, 407–415 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1044-0305(00)00094-5

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