Tutorial

TOF FUNDAMENTALS TUTORIAL Presented By: JORDAN TOF PRODUCTS, INC. 990 Golden Gate Terrace ‚ Grass Valley, CA 95945 530-272-4580 / 530-272-2955 [fax] www.rmjordan.com [web] info@rmjordan.com [e-mail] This is an instructional tutorial dealing with the fundamentals of Time of Flight technology It is divided into three parts dealing with: The creation of ions in the ION SOURCE… Their separation according to mass in the FLIGHT TUBE… And their detection at the DETECTOR. The information presented will begin with the very basic and then be repeated in progressively more complex and detailed form. You may also notice that in order to keep things simple, we have taken certain liberties such as using velocity and energy interchangeably. We hope that you don’t find this to be distracting. TOF Tutorial by Jordan TOF Products, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 18 If an atom or molecule loses… Or gains an electron, it will have an electrical charge: A positive charge if it loses, or a negative charge if it gains an electron. The resulting charged atom or molecule is called an ion. This process is called ionization. It is because of ionization that mass analysis is made possible. ...