• 제목/요약/키워드: Time-of-flight mass spectrometer

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Membrane Inlet-based Portable Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer for Analysis of Air Samples

  • Kim, Tae-Kyu;Jung, Kyung-Hoon;Yoo, Seung-Kyo;Jung, Kwang-Woo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제26권2호
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    • pp.303-308
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    • 2005
  • A miniaturized time-of-flight mass spectrometer with an electron impact ionization source and sheet membrane introduction has been developed. The advantages and features of this mass spectrometer include high sensitivity, simple structure, low cost, compact volume with field portability, and ease of operation. A mass resolution of 400 at m/z 78 has been obtained with a 25 cm flight path length. Under optimized conditions, the detection limits for the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) studied were 0.2-10 ppm by volume with linear dynamic ranges greater than three orders of magnitude. The response times for various VOCs using a silicone membrane of 127 $\mu$m thickness were in the range 4.5-20 s, which provides a sample analysis time of less than 1 minute. These results indicate that the membrane introduction/time-of-flight mass spectrometer will be useful for a wide range of field applications, particularly for environmental monitoring.

A Study on the Linetic Energy of the Laser-Ablated Cation Using Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

  • 신동남;임훙선;정경훈
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.171-174
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    • 1997
  • The initial kinetic energy of laser-ablated Zn cation has been investigated via time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The flight times of the ions have been measured with a high voltage pulse on the extract electrode in the mass spectrometer, which has been delayed from the laser pulse. The time-of-flight equation including the initial kinetic energy term of the ion has been derived for the mass spectrometer. The optimum value of the initial kinetic energy has been extracted by fitting the measured flight times into the time-of-flight equation. The initial kinetic energy of the ions generated by Nd:YAG laser (532 nm) at the power density of 5 × 107 W/cm2 has been determined to be 22-44 kJ/mol.

양자전이 비행시간 질량분석기를 이용한 화학사고 원인물질 분석 (Analysis of Chemical Accident-Causing Substances Using a Proton Transfer Reaction-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer)

  • 김소영
    • 한국화재소방학회논문지
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    • 제33권6호
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    • pp.80-86
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    • 2019
  • 국내에서는 2012년부터 2018년 까지 총 556건의 화학사고가 발생하였다. 화학사고 중 두 가지 이상의 화학물질 이상반응에 의해 발생하는 사고는 그 원인물질을 파악하는데 많은 시간이 필요하여 효과적인 사고대응과 수습을 위해서 신속한 분석이 필요하다. 본 논문은 이상반응에 의해 발생한 화학사고의 원인물질 파악을 위해 양자전이 비행시간 질량분석기를 사용하였다. 이 분석기는 시료채취와 전처리 없이 빠른 응답시간을 가져 실시간 분석이 가능하며 또한 수소친화도가 높은 대부분의 휘발성유기화합물질의 정량·정성 분석이 가능하여 이상반응에 의해 발생되는 화학사고의 원인 물질을 조사하는데 적합하다. 실제로 201◯년 ◯월에 ◯◯ 지역 화학사고 발생 시 양자전이 비행시간 질량분석기를 이용하여 측정한 결과 메탄올과 톨루엔 등이 검출되는 것을 알았으며 이상반응에 의해 발생된 황 계열 화합물이 사고 주변의 강한 악취의 원인임을 알 수 있었다.

초소형 질량 분석기를 위한 이온 발생기의 열전자 방출 시험 (Hot Electron Emission Test of an Ion Source for a Micro Mass Spectrometer)

  • 운현중;김정훈;박태규;양상식;정광우
    • 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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    • 제50권8호
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    • pp.419-422
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    • 2001
  • This paper presents the principle and fabrication of a novel micro mass spectrometer and emission test of hot electron for ionization. A micro mass spectrometer consists of a micro ion source and a micro ion separator. The micro ion source consists of a hot filament and grid electrodes. Electrons emitted from a hot filament are to ionize some sample molecules. The ions are accelerated to an ion detector by an electric field. Mass can be analyzed by using the time of fight depending on the mass-to-charge ratio. The current of hot electron emission from the hot filament is measured for various input voltages.

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Construction of an Improved Tandem Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer for Photodissociation of Ions Generated by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI)

  • Moon, Jeong-Hee;Yoon, So-Hee;Kim, Myung-Soo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제26권5호
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    • pp.763-768
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    • 2005
  • An improved tandem time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer for the photodissociation (PD) study of ions generated by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI), MALDI-TOF-PD-TOF, has been designed and constructed. Recording a full spectrum with better than unit mass resolution even in low mass range has been achieved without reflectron voltage stepping which was needed in the previous version. Other aspects of the improvement, such as those in the data system which now allow 10-100 times faster spectral acquisition than with the previous instrument, are described. Rationale for the ideas which have led to the improvements is presented also.

Improved Calibration for the Analysis of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Using Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

  • Pellinen, Jukka;Lepisto, Riikka-Juulia;Savolainen, Santeri
    • Mass Spectrometry Letters
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.77-80
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    • 2018
  • The focus of this paper is to present techniques to overcome certain difficulties in quantitative analysis with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS). The method is based on conventional solid-phase extraction, followed by reversed-phase ultra high performance liquid chromatography of the extract, and mass spectrometric analysis. The target compounds included atenolol, atrazine, caffeine, carbamazepine, diclofenac, estrone, ibuprofen, naproxen, simazine, sucralose, sulfamethoxazole, and triclosan. The matrix effects caused by high concentrations of organic compounds in wastewater are especially significant in electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy. Internal-standard calibration with isotopically labeled standards corrects the results for many matrix effects, but some peculiarities were observed. The problems encountered in quantitation of carbamazepine and triclosan, due to nonlinear calibration were solved by changing the internal standard and using a narrower mass window. With simazine, the use of a quadratic calibration curve was the best solution.

Analysis of Benomyl by Liquid Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer and Its Occurrence in the Environment

  • Seo, Yong-Chan;Kim, Kee D.;Kim, Nack-Joo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.432-436
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    • 2002
  • Benomyl, one of the known endocrine disrupting chemicals, was analyzed to understand the fate in the nature. Water, sediment and biota samples are acidified to hydrolyze benomyl into carbendazim then followed by extraction and concentration. The concentrations of carbendazim in the samples were determined by liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Analysis data showed that certain amount of carbendazim was accumulated in sediment. On the contrary, no sign of accumulation in biota was observed probably due to the increased degradation rate in vivo. It is, however, that no one can claim carbendazim is not harmful to biota, since carbendazim may give a negative effect against organisms at the point of intaking.

단일입자 질량분석기를 애용한 서브마이크론 입자의 특성화(I) - 입자의 크기와 질량분광신호의 비선형성 - (Characterization of submicron Particles Using a Single Particle Mass Spectrometer(I) - Non - Linear Correlation Between Particle Size and Mass Spectra Signals -)

  • ;이동근
    • 대한기계학회논문집B
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    • 제29권4호
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    • pp.453-459
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we are proposing a robust tool which is capable of measuring the size and elemental composition of submicron particles from twenty to several hundreds nanometers at the same time, i.e., named Single Particle Mass Spectrometer (SPMS). The home-made SPMS employs a laser ablation/multi-photon ionization method to tear a nanoparticle into the constituent elemental ions. One thing different from the conventional Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (ATOFMS) is the power of the ionization laser. Much strong laser used in this work makes it possible to generate elemental ions rather than molecular ions from a nanoparticle. Also the use of high power laser may guarantee a complete ionization of a particle, which was confirmed by the existence of multiple charged ions. If a particle is evaporated/ionized completely and detected through electric field-free TOF tube without any loss, we can extract the original particle volume from the measured total ion numbers. Collecting a number of particles mass spectra, we get a database of size and elemental composition of nanoparticles, with which we may take a took into any kinds of chemical reaction occurring at nanoscale. Several issues related to size estimation by SPMS will be discussed.

탄소나노튜브 방출원을 통한 초소형 질량분석기의 이온화 향상 (The Improvement of the Ionization on Micro Mass Spectrometer using Carbon Nanotube Emitter)

  • 송성호;한규성;;이순일;양상식
    • 전기학회논문지
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    • 제58권5호
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    • pp.1004-1009
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    • 2009
  • Recently, mass spectrometers are widely used for in-situ chemical analysis. It has rapid response and high sensitivity. In this paper, we present the fabrication and test of a cold cathode emitter for micro mass spectrometer using CNTs(Carbon nano tubes). The CNTs have good mechanical, electrical and chemical characteristics. So they have a long life time and strong robustness. The micro mass spectrometer is composed of the glass substrate and the silicon substrate. The glass substrate is constructed by electrodes for TOF(Time-of-flight) which analyze an ion with mass to charge ratio as ion separator. The silicon substrate is highly doped wafer which is patterned for gate electrode and then 100 11m dry etching to grow the CNTs as the electron emitter. The CNTs are grown by HFCVD(Hot filament chemical vapor deposition) with sputtering the catalyst. We successfully attained to grow the CNTs and to test the characteristics.