
Function and setup of the PlasmaQuant MS
PlasmaQuant MS product family
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PlasmaQuant MS – at a look
Fig. 15 Setup of PlasmaQuant MS
1 Nebulizer and spray chamber
2 Virtually center grounded coil
3 Fore-line roughing pump
4 Sampler cone
5 Skimmer cone with iCRC
6 Turbomolecular pump
7 ReflexION Ion Mirror
8 Curved pre-filters
9 HD Quadrupole mass analyzer
10 Turbomolecular pump
11 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