Mass direction focusing

Magnetic analyzer. A direction-focusing device that produces a magnetic field perpendicular to the direction of ion travel. The effect is to bring to a common focus all ions of a given momentum with the same mass-to-charge (m/z) ratio. 

Electrostatic Analyzer In magnetic-sector instruments, an electrostatic sector can be incorporated either before or after the magnet to provide energy resolution and directional focusing of the ion beam. The resolution achievable in these double-focusing instruments is sufficient to separate ions having the same nominal mass (e.g., 28 Daltons) but with different chemical formula (e.g., N2 and CO). 

A quite different type of mass spectrometer - the first 180° magnetic sector field mass spectrometer (see Figure 1.7), with directional focusing of ions for isotope analysis, was constructed by Dempster, independently of other instrumental developments in mass spectrometry, in 1918. 

In the quadrupole mass analyzer, focusing electrodes direct and accelerate the ionized fragments into a mass filter consisting of four cylindrical electrodes in a vacuum. Tire cylindrical electrodes establish a combination radio-frequency and direct-current electrical field that permits only those ions with a specific, selected mass-to-charge ratio to pass all the way through the filter. The rest of the ions impact die electrodes and do not travel to the exit. Varying the electrical field allows ions with other masses to pass through the filter. 

Figure 16.5—Magnetic analyser mass spectrometer, a) Nier Johnson system, b) directional focusing properties of the magnetic field, c) principle of a double focusing mass spectrometer d) Mattauch-Herzog system.

Aston s work was founded upon accurate measurements of the deflections of charged panicles. These measurements were made in an instrument he devised, the mass spectrograph. Many later instruments were developed following Aston s work, or following die Dempster instrument, which was built before Aston s. The direction-focusing mass-spectrographs and the later velocity-focusing instruments anJ composite instruments facilitated the determination, not only ill tile musses land hence mass numbers) of the isotopes of an element, hut their quantities as well. As a result of the immense amount of research in ihis field, die isotopic composition of the stable elements has been closely determined. And Lilts... 

Many studies on the direct reaction of methyl chloride with silicon-copper contact mass and other metal promoters added to the silicon-copper contact mass have focused on the reaction mechanisms.7,8 The reaction rate and the selectivity for dimethyldichlorosilane in this direct synthesis are influenced by metal additives, known as promoters, in low concentration. Aluminum, antimony, arsenic, bismuth, mercury, phosphorus, phosphine compounds34 and their metal complexes,35,36 Zinc,37 39 tin38-40 etc. are known to have beneficial effects as promoters for dimethyldichlorosilane formation.7,8 Promoters are not themselves good catalysts for the direct reaction at temperatures < 350 °C,6,8 but require the presence of copper to be effective. When zinc metal or zinc compounds (0.03-0.75 wt%) were added to silicon-copper contact mass, the reaction rate was potentiated and the selectivity of dimethyldichlorosilane was enhanced further.34 These materials are described as structural promoters because they alter the surface enrichment of silicon, increase the electron density of the surface of the catalyst modify the crystal structure of the copper-silicon solid phase, and affect the absorption of methyl chloride on the catalyst surface and the activation energy for the formation of dimethyldichlorosilane.38,39 Cadmium is also a structural promoter for this reaction, but cadmium presents serious toxicity problems in industrial use on a large scale.41,42 Other metals such as arsenic, mercury, etc. are also restricted because of such toxicity problems. In the direct reaction of methyl chloride, tin in... 

The mass spectrometer we now use for zinc analysis, in the laboratory of Maynard Michel of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, is a thermal ionization mass spectrometer, a single direction focusing instrument with a 12" radius magnetic sector, double filament, rhenium ionizing source and electron multiplier detector. In addition, have done some preliminary work for Fe and Cu analysis with an automated TI/MS which speeds analysis considerably with excellent precision. We hope to be able to develop methods to use this automated Instrument for zinc analysis as well. 

Figure 16.5 Mass spectrometer with magnetic analyser, (a) Nier-Johnson assembly (b) View of the directional focusing by the magnetic sector (the entrance and exit planes are oblique with respect to the angle of incidence of the beam, ensuring focusing) (c) Mattauch-Herzog assembly (d) Arrangement of a double focusing spectrometer (e.g. R = 40 cm and R = 60 cm).

Many environmental reactions and almost all biochemical reactions occur in solution, so an understanding of reactions in solution is extremely important in chemistry and related sciences. We ll discuss solution chemistry at many places in the text, but here we focus on solution stoichiometry. Only one aspect of the stoichiometry of dissolved substances is different from what we ve seen so far. We know the amounts of pure substances by converting their masses directly into moles. For dissolved substances, we must know the concentration—the number of moles present in a certain volume of solution—to find the volume that contains a given number of moles. Of the various ways to express concentration, the most important is molarity, so we discuss it here (and wait until Chapter 13 to discuss the other ways). Then, we see how to prepare a solution of a specific molarity and how to use solutions in stoichiometric calculations. 

---