GB2324875A - Corona discharge ion source for analytical instruments - Google Patents

Corona discharge ion source for analytical instruments

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GB2324875A
GB2324875A GB9816445A GB9816445A GB2324875A GB 2324875 A GB2324875 A GB 2324875A GB 9816445 A GB9816445 A GB 9816445A GB 9816445 A GB9816445 A GB 9816445A GB 2324875 A GB2324875 A GB 2324875A
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ion mobility
corona discharge
doped
dopant
ionisation source
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Robert Brian Turner
Stephen John Taylor
Alastair Clark
Paul Douglas Arnold
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Smiths Detection Watford Ltd
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Graseby Dynamics Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/02—Details
    • H01J49/10—Ion sources; Ion guns
    • H01J49/16—Ion sources; Ion guns using surface ionisation, e.g. field-, thermionic- or photo-emission
    • H01J49/168—Ion sources; Ion guns using surface ionisation, e.g. field-, thermionic- or photo-emission field ionisation, e.g. corona discharge

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Abstract

An ion mobility spectrometer comprises an ion mobility cell (10) into which molecules of a sample to be analysed are introduced. The ion mobility cell (10) is doped with ions produced by a corona discharge ionisation source (40). In one mode of operation, the corona discharge ionisation source (40) operates to produce a continual dopant stream, and in a second mode of operation, the corona discharge ionisation source (40) produces dopant ions selectively. In the non-continuous mode of operation, the ion mobility cell (10) may be doped with chemical dopant ions instead, switching between the two dopant regimes being accomplished very rapidly. The ion mobility spectrometer is particularly suitable for the detection of explosive compounds and narcotics, the ion mobility spectrum of explosives doped with ions from the corona discharge ionisation source differing from the ion mobility spectrum of such explosive compounds doped with chemical dopants.
GB9816445A 1996-02-02 1997-01-31 Corona discharge ion source for analytical instruments Expired - Lifetime GB2324875B (en)

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US5234838A (en) * 1990-04-17 1993-08-10 Environmental Technologies Group, Inc. Ammonia monitor based on ion mobility spectrometry with selective dopant chemistry

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US5234838A (en) * 1990-04-17 1993-08-10 Environmental Technologies Group, Inc. Ammonia monitor based on ion mobility spectrometry with selective dopant chemistry
US5095206A (en) * 1990-06-01 1992-03-10 Environmental Technologies Group, Inc. Method and apparatus for improving the specificity of an ion mobility spectrometer utillizing sulfur dioxide dopant chemistry
WO1993011554A1 (en) * 1991-12-03 1993-06-10 Graseby Dynamics Limited Corona discharge ionisation source

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Analytical Chemistry, Vol.56, 1984, pp.1794-7, C. J. PROCTOR"Alternative reagent ions for plasma..." *

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WO2006123107A1 (en) 2005-05-14 2006-11-23 Smiths Detection-Watford Limited Detection systems and dopants
WO2007010261A1 (en) 2005-07-20 2007-01-25 Smiths Detection-Watford Limited Detection systems
US7946150B2 (en) 2005-07-20 2011-05-24 Smiths Detection-Watford Limited Detection systems
EP2343545A2 (en) 2005-07-20 2011-07-13 Smiths Group plc Detection systems
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