Atomic Mass Spectrometry

Question 1

What are the steps involved in Atomic Mass spectrometry?

Answer 1

Vaporization
Ionisation
Acceloeration
Detection

Question 2

What is vaporisation in Atomic Mass spectrometry?

Answer 2

Vaporisation of a sample in a vacuum chamber which passes into the mass spectrometer

Question 3

What is Ionisation in Atomic Mass spectrometry?

Answer 3

When the sample passes through a high energy beam of electrons where collisions cause the gases to lose electrons and form positive ions

Question 4

What is Acceleration in Atomic Mass spectrometry?

Answer 4

The formed ions are accelerated through an electric field to form a high speed beam of cations through a strong magnetic field

Question 5

What is detection in Atomic Mass spectrometry?

Answer 5

Individual ions get deflected by the field and the detector measures the intensity and radius of deflection of each of the beams of ions