It took two trips in my truck to get the components of the polarized ion source out to the ranch.
The distance between the ion source and the inlet of the mass spectrometer is 5 to 25 mm.
Inside the ion source, the reagent gas is present in large excess compared to the analyte.
These ion sources use a plasma source or electric discharge to create ions.
Gas flows through the ion source between the anode and the cathode.
Research on extraction of negative ion source is one of them.
Protons are generated in an ion source, which can have many different designs.
This type of ion source is designed for the production of ions with very high charge states.
I can't remember, though, whether these old buses use an occluded-gas ion source.
The CO2 sample and standard alternatively flow into the ion source.