Jet separator
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 |
| Jet separator |
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| Gas chromatograph-to-mass spectrometer interface where the gas chromatography effluent expands into a lower-pressure region and then through a downstream orifice. The low mass carrier gas molecules diffuse from the jet axis, leaving the sample stream enriched in the heavier analyte molecules. |
| Related Term(s): momentum separator |
| Reference(s): |
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. |
