Atmospheric pressure charged particle discriminator for mass spectrometry

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11330605

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An apparatus and method for performing mass spectroscopy uses an ion interface to provide the function of removing undesirable particulates from an ion stream from an atmospheric pressure ion source, such as an electrospray source or a MALDI source, before the ion stream enters a vacuum chamber containing the mass spectrometer. The ion interface includes an entrance cell with a bore that may be heated for desolvating charged droplets when the ion source is an electrospray source, and a particle discrimination cell with a bore disposed downstream of the bore of the entrance cell and before an aperture leading to the vacuum chamber. The particle discrimination cell creates gas dynamic and electric field conditions that enables separation of undesirable charged particulates from the ion stream.

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MDS SCIEXCONCORD ONTARIO L4K 4V8

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Covey, Thomas R Richmond Hill, CA 83 959
Schneider, Bradley Bradford, CA 16 169

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