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Design and performance of a plasma-source mass spectrograph

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A plasma-source, simultaneously detecting, Mattauch-Herzog mass spectrograph for multi-element analysis was developed. Simultaneous detection should improve throughput, precision, and sensitivity over those instruments that use quadrupole or sector mass spectrometers. The new instrument is compact (approximately 80 cm in length) and is designed to detect a complete atomic mass spectrum in two mass windows that straddle but avoid argon. The design and some figures of merit are presented. With a dc glow discharge source, a precision of 0. 5% determined from eight consecutive 10-s images was obtained for Cu isotope ratios in Naval Brass B. With the same sample, nickel and lead were detected at limits of 8 and 1 ppm. Measured Mg isotope ratios with an inductively coupled plasma source were within 4% of the expected values. The resolution at full width at half maximum is currently limited to approximately 60, in part because of poor peak shape. The origin of this peak shape has been determined to lie within the array detector and possibly results from its interaction with the fringing magnetic fields produced by the second sector.

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Burgoyne, T.W., Hieftje, G.M. & Hites, R.A. Design and performance of a plasma-source mass spectrograph. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 8, 307–318 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1044-0305(96)00290-5

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