Mass spectrometry device and ion detection device

Abstract

A focusing electrode () of a flat plate shape is arranged so that an inlet end () of a heated capillary () for introducing ions into a vacuum chamber as a subsequent stage is inserted into an opening portion () of the focusing electrode (). A reflecting electrode () of a flat plate shape is arranged at a position opposing the focusing electrode () across a spray flow ejected from an ionization probe (). An auxiliary electrode () is grounded and arranged between the ionization probe () and each of the reflecting electrode () and the focusing electrode (). The heated capillary () is grounded, and during a measurement of positive ions, a voltage V1 and a voltage V2, both satisfying a relationship of V1>V2>0, are respectively applied to the reflecting electrode () and the focusing electrode (). A reflecting electric field for reflecting and deflecting ions generated from sample components and carried by the spray flow is created within a space between the reflecting electrode () and the focusing electrode (), and a focusing electric field for focusing ions to the inlet end () is created in an area near the inlet end (). The ions generated from sample components are separated from a gas stream and efficiently collected into the inlet end (), to be drawn into the heated capillary () and sent to a mass spectrometry section.