Function and setup of the PlasmaQuant MS PlasmaQuant MS product family
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3.2.4 PlasmaQuant MS – at a look
Fig. 15 Setup of PlasmaQuant MS
1 Nebulizer and spray chamber
2
Virtually center grounded coil
Fore-line roughing pump
Sampler cone
Skimmer cone with iCRC
ReflexION Ion Mirror
Curved pre-filters
HD Quadrupole mass analyzer
Turbomolecular pump
AD Detector - All-digital detection system
Summary 2 Major components and their advantages
Component Advantage
Peltier-cooled double-pass spray
chamber
low oxide ratio
Virtually center grounded induction
coil
low plasma potential, robust plasma, no plasma shield
needed, Eco Plasma with very low argon consumption
Interface with sampler and
skimmer cone
efficient plasma extraction, simple maintenance, no
clogging
iCRC efficient reduction of polyatomic interferences, simple
operation
ReflexION superb sensitivity, Kinetic Energy Discrimination of
polyatomic ions
Curved pre-filters low continuous background, no maintenance required
Self-cleaning quadrupole mass
analyzer
stable and maintenance free operation
AD Detector - All-digital detection
system
high sensitivity (11 orders of dynamic range), long
life-time