CA2626383A1 - Mass spectrometry with multipole ion guides - Google Patents

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CA2626383A1
CA2626383A1 CA002626383A CA2626383A CA2626383A1 CA 2626383 A1 CA2626383 A1 CA 2626383A1 CA 002626383 A CA002626383 A CA 002626383A CA 2626383 A CA2626383 A CA 2626383A CA 2626383 A1 CA2626383 A1 CA 2626383A1
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Bruce A. Andrien, Jr.
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    • H01J49/42Stability-of-path spectrometers, e.g. monopole, quadrupole, multipole, farvitrons
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A mass spectrometer (40) is configured with individual multipole ion guides (60, 62) configured in an assembly in alignment along a common centerline (5) wherein at least a portion of each multiple ion guide (60, 62) mounted in the assembly resides in a vacuum region (72, 73) with higher background pressure. Said multiple ion guides (60, 62) configured in a higher pressure vacuum region (72, 73) are operated in mass to charge selection and ion fragmentation modes. Individual sets of RF, +/- DC and resonant frequency waveform voltage supplies provide potentials to the rods of each multiple ion guide allowing the operation of ion transmission, ion trapping, mass to charge selection and ion fragmentation functions independently in each ion guide (60, 62). The presence of background pressure maintained sufficiently high to cause ion to neutral gas collisions along a portion of each multiple ion guide linear assembly allows the conducting of Collisional Induced Dissociation (CID) fragmentation of ions by axially accelerating ions from one multiple ion guide into an adjacent ion guide, analoguous to a triple quadruple ion function.

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1. An apparatus for analyzing chemical species, comprising:
(a) an ion source for operation at substantially atmospheric pressure to produce ions from a sample substance;
(b) a vacuum system with at least one vacuum pumping stage;
(c) a detector configured in at least one of said vacuum pumping stages;
(d) configuring at least two multipole ion guides in at least one of said vacuum pumping stages wherein at least a portion of each said multipole ion guide is positioned in at least one of said vacuum pumping stages wherein the background pressure in said vacuum stage is maintained sufficiently high so that collisions between said ions and neutral gas molecules occur with ions in said two multipole ion guides, and, (e) means for conducting mass to charge selection in at least one of said multipole ion guides.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ion source is an Electrospray ion source.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ion source is an Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization ion source.
4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ion source is an Inductively Coupled Plasma ion source.
5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ion source is an Glow Discharge ion source.
6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said multipole ion guide is a quadrupole.
7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said multipole ion guide is a hexapole.
8. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said multipole ion guide is a octapole.
9. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said multipole ion guide has more than eight poles.
10. An apparatus for analyzing chemical species, comprising:
(a) an ion source for operation at substantially atmospheric pressure to produce ions from a sample substance;
(b) a vacuum system with at least one vacuum pumping stage;
(c) a detector configured in at least one of said vacuum pumping stages;
(d) a mass analyzer for conducting mass to charge analysis;
(e) configuring said at least two multipole ion guides in at least one said vacuum pumping stages wlierein at least a portion of each of said at least two multipole ion guides is positioned in at least one of said vacuum pumping stages wherein the background pressure in said vacuum stage is maintained sufficiently high so that collisions between said ions and neutral gas molecules occur with ions in said two multipole ion guides;

(f) means for conducting mass to charge selection in at least one of said multipole ion guides; and, (g) conducting mass to charge analysis in said mass analyzer.
11. An apparatus according to claim 10 wherein said at least two multipole ion guides are configured in series along a common centerline wherein said ions can be transferred from one multipole ion guide to the next.
12. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said mass analyzer is a quadrupole mass spectrometer.
13. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said mass analyzer is a quadrupole mass analyzer.
14. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said at least two multipole ion guides are configured with said mass analyze to form a triple quadrupole mass analyzer.
15. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said mass analyzer is a magnetic sector mass spectrometer.
16. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said mass analyzer is a Fourier Transform mass spectrometer.
17. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said mass analyzer is a ion trap mass spectrometer.
18. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said mass analyzer is a Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometer.
19. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said mass analyzer is a Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometer configured with orthogonal pulsing.
20. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said mass analyzer is a Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometer configure with linear pulsing.
21. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said mass anlyzer is a Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometer comprising an ion reflector.
22. An apparatus for analyzing chemical species, comprising:
(a) an ion source for operation at substantially atmospheric pressure to produce ions from a sample substance;
(b) a vacuum system with at least one vacuum pumping stage;
(e) a/detector configured in at least one of said vacuum pumping stages;
(d) configuring said at least two multipole ion guides in at least one said vacuum pumping stage wherein at least a portion of each said multipole ion guide is positioned in at least one of said vacuum pumping stages wherein the background pressure in said vacuum stage is maintained sufficiently high so that collisions between said ions and neutral gas molecules occur with ions in said two multipole ion guides, (e) means for conducting mass to charge selection in at least one of said multipole ion guides; and, (f) means for conducting collisional induced dissociation ion fragmentation in at least one said multipole ion guides.
23. An apparatus for analyzing chemical species, comprising:
(a) an ion source for operation at substantially atmospheric pressure to produce ions from a sample substance;
(b) a vacuum system with at least one vacuum pumping stage;
(c) a detector configured in at least one of said vacuum pumping stages;
(d) a mass analyzer for conducting mass to charge analysis;
(e) configuring said at least two multipole ion guides in at least one said vacuum pumping stages wherein at least a portion of each of said at least two multipole ion guides is positioned in at least one of said vacuum pumping stages wherein the background pressure in said vacuum stage is maintained sufficiently high so that collisions between said ions and neutral gas molecules occur with ions in said two multipole ion guides;
(f) means for conducting mass to charge selection in at least one of said multipole ion guides;
(g) means for conducting collisional induced dissociation ion fragmentation in at least one said multipole ion guides; and, (h) conducting mass to charge analysis in said mass analyzer.
24. A method for analyzing chemical species utilizing an ion source, a vacuum system with at least one vacuum pumping stage, a mass analyzer, at least two multipole ion guides configured in a adjacent alignment along a common centerline in at least one said vacuum stage and a detector, said method comprising;
(a) producing ions in said ion source;
(b) delivering said ions into said at least one said multipole ion guide;
(c) operating at least a portion of said at least two multipole ion guides in a background pressure in at least one said vacuum stage wherein collisions occur between said ions and the neutral background molecules for said ions traversing said at least one said multipole ion guide;
(d) conducting mass to charge selection of said ions in at least one said multipole ion guide;
(e) conducting collisional induced dissociation in at least one said multipole ion guide;
(f) transferring said ions from the first said multipole ion guide into the second said multipole ion guide; and, (g) conducting mass analysis of the ion population resulting from said mass to charge selection and said ion fragmentation steps performed in said first and second multipole ion guides.
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