Dual-cell Fourier transform mass

Application of the Dual-Cell Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer... 

In this article, we describe some of the recent developments and applications of the dual-cell Fourier transform mass... 

All experiments were performed using a Nicolet Analytical Instruments FTMS-2000 dual-cell Fourier transform mass spectrometer with optional GC and laser desorption interfaces. The FTMS-2000 dual cell is specially constructed of stainless steel with low magnetic susceptibility. This permits very efficient ion transfer between the source and analyzer cells, if the cells are properly aligned in the magnetic field. 

General Methods. The instrument that will be used to execute the gas-phase experimental portion of the proposed research is a Finnigan 2001 dual-cell Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer (FTMS or FTICR), equipped with both electron impact (FI) and electrospray ionization (FSl). FTMS is a high-resolution, high-sensitivity technique that allows the entrapment and detection of gas-phase species. Gas-phase ions are trapped in a magnetic field, much like a reactant sits in a flask in solution. The instrument is a mass spectrometer therefore, we will often refer to the mass-to-charge (m/z) ratio of ions, which is the method we use to identify species. (M-l) or (M-H) refers to a molecule M that has been deprotonated for example, HjO has an (M-f) ion of m/z 17 (HO ). 

Analyses were performed using a modified laser microprobe Fourier transform mass spectrometer (FTMS). This instrument is differentially pumped with a dual-cell Nicolet Instrument FTMS 2000 (Thermoquest, Madison,... 

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