Mass gate
From Mass Spec Terms
| DRAFT DEFINITION |
| Mass gate |
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| A set of plates or grid of wires in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer that is used to apply a pulsed electric field with the purpose of deflecting charged particles in a given m/z range. |
| Considered between 2004 and 2006 but not included in the 2006 PAC submission |
| This is an unofficial draft definition presented for information and comment. |
