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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2005
Guido F. Verbeck, Knoxville, TN (US);
William B. Whitten, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Jeremy Moxom, Knoxville, TN (US);
Guido F. Verbeck, Knoxville, TN (US);
William B. Whitten, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Jeremy Moxom, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-Battlelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
An ion trap mass spectrometry system adapted for portability and related method includes an ion source for generating ions from a sample to be analyzed, and a resistive drift tube coupled to an output of the ion source for receiving the ions injected therein. The resistive drift tube decelerates the ions to provide cooled ions having a mean translational kinetic energy of less than 5 keV. A miniature ion trap or trap array, such having apertures <1 mm, is coupled to an output of the resistive drift tube for trapping the cooled ions. A spectrometer is coupled to the miniature ion trap for analyzing the cooled ions.