Simultaneous inorganic mass spectrometer and method of inorganic mass spectrometry

US9330892B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SPECTRO ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Dirk Ardelt · Krefeld, DE
• Ulrich Heynen · Kalkar, DE
• Adi A. Scheidemann · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 3, 2014
• Grant date: May 3, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D59/44
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An inorganic mass spectrometer capable of measuring a relevant and large or the full mass spectral range simultaneously may include a suitable ion source (e.g., an ICP mass spectrometer with an ICP ion source), an ion transfer region, ion optics to separate ions out of a plasma beam, a Mattauch-Herzog type mass spectrometer with a set of charged particle beam optics to condition the ion beam before an entrance slit, and a solid state multi-channel detector substantially separated from ground potential and separated from the potential of the magnet.