- Author
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Lincoln, K. A.
- Title
- Flash Vaporization of Solid Materials for Mass Spectrometry by Intense Thermal Radiation.
- Coporate
- Naval Radiological Defense Lab., San Francisco, CA
- Report
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DASA 1468; USNRDL-TR-736,
March 24, 1964,
13 p.
- Keywords
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flash vaporization
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mass spectrometry
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thermal radiation
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solids
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vapor pressure
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xenon
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lamps
- Identifiers
- flash lamps; spectrum analyzers
- Abstract
- Mass spectra of low vapor pressure materials, such as polymers and metals, are obtained by the technique of flash-vaporization mass spectrometry. Single, thermal pulses from a xenon flashtube vaporize the samples directly into the ion source of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer; the mass spectra appear momentarily on the screen of an oscillo-scope and are recorded photographically. This technique, which also renders some short-lived species amenable to mass spectrometric studies, and the apparatus (including vacuum lock for intorducing solid samples into the instrument) are described.