Monitoring and quantitative evaluation of Faraday cup deterioration in a thermal ionization mass spectrometer using multidynamic analyses of laboratory standards
Yankun Di, Zefeng Li, Yuri Amelin
Abstract
We develop a method to quantitatively monitor Faraday cup deterioration using multidynamic analyses of standards. The deposition of measured elements in cups can effectively alter Faraday cup efficiencies, but the response function is complex.
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Faraday cageFaraday cupDeposition (geology)Mass spectrometryAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Faraday effectIonizationSpectrometerMaterials scienceChemistryEnvironmental chemistryOpticsChromatographyIonPhysicsMagnetic fieldGeologyOrganic chemistrySedimentIon beamPaleontologyQuantum mechanicsIon-surface interactions and analysisLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasmaAnalytical chemistry methods development