Electrostatic energy analyzer

From Mass Spec Terms
IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Electrostatic energy analyzer (ESA)
electrostatic energy analyzer

electric sector

Device consisting of pairs of parallel conducting plates, concentric cylinders, or concentric spheres that separate charged particles according to their ratio of translational energy to charge by means of a potential difference applied between the pair.

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Reference(s):

J. H. Moore, C. C. Davis, M. A. Coplan. Building Scientific Apparatus, Westview Press (2002).


PSI-MS: MS:1000254

From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.

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