How a Mass Spectrometer Works

How a Mass Spectrometer Works

This animation shows the components of a mass spectrometer and describes the process of ionization and sublimation, acceleration and drift, detection, and TOF resolution.

Topics

  • ion source
  • analyzer
  • detector
  • irradiates
  • sublimation
  • ionized
  • proton
  • io source
  • inversely proportional
  • charge
  • MALDI
  • mass
  • charge