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‘META-STABLE PEAKS’ are normally observed due to ions which dissociate near the entrance slit of the magnetic analyser in the sector mass spectrometer. In addition ‘meta-stable peaks’ due to ions which dissociate within the electrostatic analyser of a double-focusing mass spectrometer can also be observed and their position can be adjusted by varying the voltage across the electrostatic analyser.
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BEYNON, J., SAUNDERS, R. & WILLIAMS, A. Meta-stable Ions in Double-focusing Mass Spectrometers. Nature 204, 67–68 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204067a0
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