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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Jeffery Mark Brown, Hyde, GB;
MICROMASS UK LIMITED, Wilmslow, GB;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an ion analysis instrument comprising a Time of Flight ('TOF') mass analyser comprising a reflectron. The instrument is operable in at least a first mode and a second mode, wherein in said first mode ions are caused to turn around at a first point in the reflectron and wherein in said second mode ions are caused to turn around at a second point in the reflectron such that the distance traveled by ions within the Time of Flight mass analyser is greater in the second mode than the distance traveled by ions within the Time of Flight mass analyser in the first mode. In this way, the operating modes can be selectively optimised for the analysis of ions of different masses.