ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY
ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY
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DOI:
10.1021/ac00222a001
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发表时间:
1990-01-01
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
MCMINN D G
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作者:
HILL H H JR;SIEMS W F;MCMINN D G
When a gaseous ion at atmospheric pressure is placed in a constant electric field, it accelerates downthe field until it collides with a neutral molecule, ac-celerates again until it has another col-lision, and so forth. This chaotic se-quence of accelerations and collisions at the molecular level translates into a constant ion velocity over macroscopic distances. The ratio of the ion velocity to the magnitude of the electric field is called the ion mobility, and separation of ions on the basis of mobility differ-ences is called ion mobility spectrome-try (IMS). Because it can measure ion currents below 10-12 A, IMS is highly sensitive as a detection technique. The combination of moderate separating power with trace-level sensitivity has led to applications of the ion mobility spectrometer as a stand-alone monitor and a chromatographic detector. When it emerged as an analytical