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The design of an ion mobility source developed to couple to a guided ion beam tandem mass spectrometer is presented. In these exploratory studies, metal ions are created continuously by electron ionization of the volatile hexacarbonyls of the three group 6 transition metals. These ions are focused into a linear hexapole ion trap, which collects the ions and then creates high intensity pulses of ions, avoiding excessive ion losses resulting from the low duty cycle of pulsed operation. The ion pulses are injected into a six-ring drift cell filled with helium where ions having different electronic configurations can separate because they have different ion mobilities. Such separation is observed for chromium ions and compares favorably with the pioneering work of Kemper and Bowers (J. Phys. Chem. 1991, 95, 5134). The results are then extended to Mo+ and W+, which also show efficient configuration separation. The source conditions needed for high intensities and good configuration separation are discussed in detail and suggestions for further improvements are also provided.
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This article honors David E. Clemmer, a very deserving recipient of the 2006 Biemann Medal.
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Iceman, C., Rue, C., Moision, R.M. et al. Ion mobility studies of electronically excited states of atomic transition metal cations: Development of an ion mobility source for guided ion beam experiments. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 18, 1196–1205 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasms.2007.02.012
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