A low-activity ion source for measurement of atmospheric gases by chemical ionization mass spectrometry

Lee, Young Ro; Ji, Yi; Tanner, David J.; Huey, L. Gregory

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2473-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2473-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2473-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

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18 May 2020

Research article |

| 18 May 2020

A low-activity ion source for measurement of atmospheric gases by chemical ionization mass spectrometry

Young Ro Lee, Yi Ji, David J. Tanner, and L. Gregory Huey

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RC1: 'Review of Lee et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Review of ACP https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-768', Greg Huey, 05 Mar 2020
RC2: 'Review of Lee et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2020
- AC2: 'Review of ACP https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-768', Greg Huey, 05 Mar 2020
RC3: 'Review on Lee et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Feb 2020
- AC3: 'Review of ACP https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-768', Greg Huey, 05 Mar 2020

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AR by Greg Huey on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 Apr 2020) by Bin Yuan

AR by Greg Huey on behalf of the Authors (17 Apr 2020)

Short summary

In this work we show how to construct a radioactive ion source for a chemical ionization mass spectrometer (CIMS) from commercially available components. The source is low activity and can be shipped with a minimum of complications. This facilitates the deployment of CIMS to measure atmospheric pollutants at remote ground sites.