Ion scattering in mass spectrometers. Theory and its application for abundance sensitivity estimation

A Correction Method for the Peak Tailing Backgrounds for Accurate Isotope Ratio Measurements of Uranium in Ultra Trace Levels using Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry

“…Ion scatterings by gas molecules in a flight tube and ion reflections from a chamber wall are the main causes of the energy dispersion of ions affecting abundance sensitivity. 20 Therefore, some ions with dispersed energy interfere with the ions with different masses. Peak tailing must be considered seriously when the peak of a minor isotope is adjacent to that of an extremely abundant isotope.…”