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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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== See also ==
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==Gallery==
{{Gallery
|file=File:Reflectron.jpg|caption=A dual stage reflectron from an IT-TOF mass spectrometer from Shimadzu.}}


*[[Reflectron, Dual Stage]]
{{Gallery
|file=File:ProFlex Reflectron.jpg|caption=Reflectron from a Bruker Proflex time-of-flight mass spectrometer.}}


*[[Reflectron, Curved Field]]
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|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.}}
*[[Reflectron, Gridless]]
 
*[[Reflectron, Quadratic Field]]
 
 
== External links ==
 
*[http://www.impub.co.uk/mamyrin/talroze.html Boris A. Mamyrin Biography]
 
*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.
Related Term(s):
Reference(s):

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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Reflectron

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Gallery

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.