Separation of Array Elements Ion Mass Range

Magnetic field for dispersing ions according to m/z value 

An ion beam containing just two types of ion of m/z values 100 and 101 dispersed in space on passing through a magnetic field. After dispersal, ions of individual m/z value 100 or lOI are focused at points close to the entries of two elements of an array collector. Each element of the array is a point ion collector. 

The array need not consist simply of one line of elements there can be several such lines, one above the other. The single line is discussed here for the sake of simplicity. 

Ions of 5 different m/z values dispersed in space and entering 4 of the array elements 

Ions of five different m/z values shown entering five elements of a ten-element array. All five ions would be recorded at the same time, with electrical outputs from the elements into which ions had entered and no output from those elements into which no ions had entered. 

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