A new external EI/CI source-ion trap system devoted to the study of ion-molecule reactions

Giuseppe Pace; Roberta Seraglia; Fulvio Cacace; Giulia de Petris; Pietro Traldi

doi:10.1002/jms.367

A new external EI/CI source-ion trap system devoted to the study of ion-molecule reactions

J Mass Spectrom. 2002 Dec;37(12):1200-4. doi: 10.1002/jms.367.

Authors

Giuseppe Pace¹, Roberta Seraglia, Fulvio Cacace, Giulia de Petris, Pietro Traldi

Affiliation

¹ CNR, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I 35100 Padova, Italy.

PMID: 12489078
DOI: 10.1002/jms.367

Abstract

A new instrumental arrangement dedicated to the study of ion-molecule reactions and consists of by an electron impact/chemical ionization source mounted 420 mm away from an ion trap is described. It has been designed and developed to exclude diffusion into the ion trap of the neutral reactants from the EI/CI source and so to avoid undesired side-reactions. Its instrumental parameterization is described and some preliminary results are illustrated that show promise for the successful application of the system to the study of ion-molecule reactions.