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Vacuum System
Vacuum System Block Diagram
12 TSQ Altis, Quantis, and Fortis Hardware Manual Thermo Scientific
Vacuum System Block Diagram
The vacuum system evacuates the region around the API source interface, ion optics, mass
analyzer, and ion detection system.
Figure 4. Functional block diagram of the Altis vacuum system
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No. Description No. Description
1. Nitrogen gas port 2. Aux gas valve
3. Sheath gas valve 4. Sweep gas valve
5. Filtered air 6. Vent valve
7. Ion source 8. Sample tube
9. Atmospheric pressure region 10. Ion transfer tube and RF lens region
11. MP00 ion optics region 12. MP0 ion optics region
13. Mass analyzer region 14. Collision cell
15. Collision gas divert valve 16. Collision gas valve
17. Argon gas port 18. Exhaust
19. Forepump 20. Triple-inlet turbomolecular pump
21. Convection vacuum gauge 22. Convection vacuum gauge
23. Ion gauge