Characterisation of the transfer of cluster ions through an atmospheric pressure interface time-of-flight mass spectrometer with hexapole ion guides

Leiminger, Markus; Feil, Stefan; Mutschlechner, Paul; Ylisirniö, Arttu; Gunsch, Daniel; Fischer, Lukas; Jordan, Alfons; Schobesberger, Siegfried; Hansel, Armin; Steiner, Gerhard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5231-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5231-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5231-2019

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Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

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01 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 01 Oct 2019

Characterisation of the transfer of cluster ions through an atmospheric pressure interface time-of-flight mass spectrometer with hexapole ion guides

Markus Leiminger, Stefan Feil, Paul Mutschlechner, Arttu Ylisirniö, Daniel Gunsch, Lukas Fischer, Alfons Jordan, Siegfried Schobesberger, Armin Hansel, and Gerhard Steiner

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 May 2019
- AC1: 'Responses to individual comments from Anonymus Referee #2', Markus Sebastian Leiminger, 22 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Comments on Characterisation of the transfer of cluster ions through an Atmospheric Pressure interface Time-of-Flight mass spectrometer with hexapole ion guides', Anonymous Referee #3, 26 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Responses to individual comments from Anonymous Referee #3', Markus Sebastian Leiminger, 22 Aug 2019

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Short summary

We introduce an alternative type of atmospheric pressure interface time-of-flight mass spectrometer (APi-TOF) with the main difference of using hexapole instead of quadrupole ion guides. The transfer of cluster ions through the hexapoles was characterised with focus on transmission efficiency, mass range and fragmentation of cluster ions. At the CERN CLOUD experiment we compared the performance of the ioniAPi-TOF with a standard quadrupole APi-TOF under controlled conditions.