Process for calibrating ion-current amplifiers in mass spectrome

Details Process for calibrating ion-current amplifiers in mass spectrome Process for calibrating ion-current amplifiers in mass spectrome

1982-09-25

1985-01-22

Anderson, Bruce C.

Radiant energy

Calibration or standardization methods

250281, 250282, G01D 1800, G12B 1300, B01D 5944

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044954131

ABSTRACT:
For calibrating mass spectrometers with a plurality of ion targets (1), especially Faraday targets, to which a separate measuring channel is assigned in each case, an electric current from a highly stable electrical voltage-source (6) is supplied, as a measurement reference-value, to the individual measuring channels, in chronological succession, via a resistor (R.sub.2) having a high degree of constancy. For this purpose, a control device (7) is provided, which actuates switching devices (K.sub.1 -K.sub.n) in such a manner that the correct chronological sequence is maintained. The calibrating measurement-values, obtained with the aid of this highly stable current, are intercorrelated in order to form a correction-value, this correlating operation being performed in a calibrating-correction unit (5). Several calibrating measurements, with different currents, can be carried out for each measuring channel (V.sub.1 -V.sub.m), and these measurements can also be carried out with the aid of an external, linearly controllable voltage-source, which produces these currents via the resistor (R.sub.2) having a high degree of constancy.

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"A Five-Collector System for the Simultaneous Measurement of Argon Isotope Ratios in a Static Mass Spectrometer", Stacy et al., Int. Journ. of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics, 39, (1981), pp. 167-180.

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