A limitation on how many spectra per second can be recorded by a time-of-flight mass

Chapter 21, Problem 21-20

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A limitation on how many spectra per second can be recorded by a time-of-flight mass spectrometer is the time it takes the slowest ions to go from the source to the detector. Suppose we want to scan up to m/z 500. Calculate the speed of this heaviest ion if it is accelerated through 5.00 kV in the source. How long would it take to drift 2.00 m through a spectrometer? At what frequency could you record spectra if a new extraction cycle were begun each an3 b3 a p . n nan1 b n(n 1) 2! an2 b2 n(n 1)(n 2) 3! (a b) n 535 time this heaviest ion reached the detector? What would be the frequency if you wanted to scan up to m/z 1 000? 21-

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