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Constituent of a [[time-of-flight mass spectrometer]] that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the ions entering it. A reflectron improves [[mass resolution]] by assuring that ions of the same ''[[m/z]]'' but different [[kinetic energy]] arrive at the detector at the same time.  
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|file=File:Reflectron.jpg|caption=A dual stage reflectron from an IT-TOF mass spectrometer from Shimadzu.}}


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A device used in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer that retards and then reverses ion velocities in order to correct for the flight times of ions having different kinetic energies.  The reflectron is sometimes known as an [[ion mirror]].
|file=File:ProFlex Reflectron.jpg|caption=Reflectron from a Bruker Proflex time-of-flight mass spectrometer.}}
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== See also ==
*[[Reflectron, Dual Stage]]
*[[Reflectron, Curved Field]]
*[[Reflectron, Gridless]]
*[[Reflectron, Quadratic Field]]


== External links ==
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*[http://www.impub.co.uk/mamyrin/talroze.html Boris A. Mamyrin Biography]
|file=File:ProFlex Reflectron Bore.jpg|caption=View down the bore of a reflection ion mirror from a Bruker ProFlex time-of-flight mass spectrometer.}}
*Oxford Materials [http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/fim/whatisreflectron.html What is a Reflectron]


[[Category:M/z Separation]]
[[Category:M/z Separation]]
[[Category:Mass spectrometer type]]

Latest revision as of 11:39, 6 August 2025

IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Reflectron
Component of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the ions and improves mass resolution by assuring that ions of the same m/z but different translational energy arrive at the detector at the same time.
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B. A. Mamyrin, V. I. Karataev, D. V. Shmikk, V. A. Zagulin. Sov. Phys. JETP 37, 45 (1973).

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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A dual stage reflectron from an IT-TOF mass spectrometer from Shimadzu.
Reflectron from a Bruker Proflex time-of-flight mass spectrometer.
View down the bore of a reflection ion mirror from a Bruker ProFlex time-of-flight mass spectrometer.