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4390784 One piece ion accelerator for ion mobility detector cells  
The ion accelerator for an ion mobility detector cell is comprised of a ceramic tube coated inside with a thick film resistor composition across which a voltage potential difference is impressed to...
4378499 Chemical conversion for ion mobility detectors using surface interactions  
An ion mobility detector in which selectivity and sensitivity is enhanced by converting through surface interactions sample gas or vapor to a form more readily ionized or by converting through...
4368388 Detection of polar vapors  
The invention provides an improved apparatus for the detection of polar vapors in a gas which avoids the need for liquid reagents and requires little maintenance. In its simplest form the apparatus...
4365157 Fluid analyzer utilizing a laser beam  
A method for studying a fluid by forming a stream of the fluid, exciting the stream by causing a laser beam to impinge thereon to produce secondary particles or quanta, and subjecting the resulting...
4296322 Method for analyzing organic substances  
Organic substances, particularly those derived from a chromatograph, are analyzed by subjecting such a substance to laser radiation to produce negative ions of the substance, and by subjecting...
4295046 Mass spectrometer  
A transit time mass spectrometer for analyzing ions having different energies, particularly ions emitted under the influence of radiation, especially laser radiation. The mass spectrometer is...
4271357 Trace vapor detection  
An apparatus is provided for detecting trace quantities of chemical species in the form of a vapor by subjecting ions produced in a sample of the mixed gas under flow to an ion repulsive electric...
4261698 Trace oxygen detector  
Apparatus and a method for measuring trace amounts of oxygen in an atmosphere is described. An oxygen free nitrogen gas is used as the carrier gas and nitrogen, ultra high purity, with...
4259573 Method of determining small concentrations of chemical compounds by plasma chromatography  
An accurate method of determining by plasma chromatography the concentration of an ionizable gaseous or volatile chemical species A in air or another gaseous medium. Small, known increments of...
4208585 Apparatus for focusing electromagnetic radiation on a sample  
Apparatus for directing a beam of electromagnetic radiation onto a sample by focusing and deflecting the radiation, employing a spherical mirror for focusing and deflecting the radiation onto the...
4204117 Sample analyzer  
A sample analyzer includes a microscope for alternatively focusing an electromagnetic radiation on the sample to cause ion emission therefrom and visually observing the sample; a mass spectrometer...
4072862 Time-of-flight mass spectrometer  
The invention relates to a nonmagnetic time-of-flight mass spectrometer whose analyzer chamber accommodates a pulsed ion source, an ion detector and an ion reflecting system disposed on one and the...
4059761 Separation of isotopes by time of flight  
One of the isotopes of an element having several isotopes can be separated from the others in a dense, neutral plasma. Thus initially a neutral plasma is prepared including the element in question....
3986111 Inverted voltage Gerdien Condenser  
A "Gerdien Condenser" spectrometer for use in a moving air environment for measuring ion densities wherein a constant, electric field is provided in the direction opposite to prior art devices so...
3953732 Dynamic mass spectrometer  
A pulse-type ion source derived from a pulse laser produced plasma provides an ion beam which is analyzed in a time-dependent field which varies monotonically as an inverse function of time for the...
3931516 Moving particle composition analyzer  
Mass spectrometry apparatus for analyzing the composition of moving microscopic particles includes a capacitor having a front electrode upon which the particles impinge, a back electrode, and a...
3924123 Measurement of second virial coefficients  
The second virial coefficient of a gaseous mixture of first and second constituents is measured by passing a molecular beam of the gaseous mixture from a source to a detector spaced therefrom. The...
3916187 Cosmic dust analyzer  
Methods and apparatus are provided which employ ion time-of-flight techniques to determine the constituency of a high velocity particle of matter such as a micrometeorite. A charged target...
3902064 Ion mobility mass spectrometer  
An ion mobility mass spectrometer for helium doped gases including a helium resonance lamp having an emission at 584A and a window in the lamp partially transparent to radiation at 584A. The window...
3868507 FIELD DESORPTION SPECTROMETER  
A field desorption spectrometer which is capable of detecting and identifying one or more atoms of a specimen and/or all the atoms in an outer layer of the specimen or throughout the bulk of the...
3863068 TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER  
A time-of-flight mass spectrometer with a pulsed ion source in which the ght path is symmetrical and contains at least two straight parts dimensioned so that velocity focusing as well as...
3845301 APPARATUS AND METHODS EMPLOYING ION ANALYSIS APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED GAS FLOW  
Plasma chromatograph response time is descreased by improvement of the gas flow. An ion-molecule reaction region is provided in tandem with a larger diameter drift region, and a gas outlet is...
3767914 CONTINUOUS INJECTION MASS SPECTROMETER  
The inventive mass spectrometer operates with an inhomogeneous oscillatory electric field and operates with the continuous injection of charged particles into the electric field. Particles of all...
3727047 TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER COMPRISING A REFLECTING MEANS WHICH EQUALIZES TIME OF FLIGHT OF IONS HAVING SAME MASS TO CHARGE RATIO  
In a time of flight mass spectrometer ions accelerated from the source are reflected by a soft reflection field toward the detector, the magnitude and direction of the reflection field being such...
3715590 MICROMETEOROID ANALYZER  
A system for measuring the direction of flight, velocity, charge, mass and chemical composition of micrometeoroids. The analyzer includes two spaced arrays of interconnected capacitors and an ion...
3699333 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING, CONCENTRATING, DETECTING, AND MEASURING TRACE GASES  
Apparatus and methods for sorting and detecting trace gases which undergo ion-molecule reactions. Positive or negative ions of the trace gas are formed by ion-molecule reactions between the...
3673405 GAS INLET SYSTEM FOR A MASS SPECTROMETER  
A mass spectrometer having an improved inlet system which assures that there is a minimum time lag, generally of the order of milliseconds, between changes in the composition of a material being...
3668383 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING, DETECTING, AND MEASURING TRACE GASES  
Apparatus and methods for sorting and detecting trace gases which undergo ion-molecule reactions. Reactant ions and product ions may be sorted in accordance with their velocity in an electric field...
3668382 SEPARATION AND DETECTION OF TRACE SUBSTANCES IN GASEOUS SAMPLES CONTAINING MOISTURE BY DILUTING WITH DRY AIR  
Apparatus and methods for sorting and detecting trace gases which undergo ion-molecule reactions and for reducing the deleterious effects of moisture upon the measurements. Positive or negative...
3668384 MASS SPECTROMETER  
A mass spectrometer having means operatively connecting a circuit which provides a time lag between each ionizing electron pulse and each ion accelerating pulse to a delay circuit in an output...
3663810 ELECTRON-MULTIPLIER-IONIZER MASS SPECTROMETER  
An electron multiplier used together with additional elements to form a simple spectrometer for mass distribution studies. The multiplier is used to multiply a few electrons to provide an electron...
3634683 TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER WITH STEP-FUNCTION-CONTROLLED FIELD  
The performance of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer is improved by applying a step voltage to the deflection plates to produce a step-function-controlled electrical field perpendicular to the ion...
3629574 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING ELECTRONS FROM IONS  
Electrons are separated from ions by subjecting these charged particles to a drift field to cause them to move from a first region toward a second region and by interposing an electron filter in...
3626181 GAS DETECTING APPARATUS WITH MEANS TO RECORD DETECTION SIGNALS IN SUPERPOSITION FOR IMPROVED SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS  
Ions produced from a gaseous sample, including ions of trace gases to be detected, are separated in a drift cell in accordance with their velocity in an electric drift field and produce output...
3626180 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING, DETECTING, AND MEASURING TRACE GASES WITH ENHANCED RESOLUTION  
Apparatus and methods for sorting and detecting trace gases which undergo ion-molecule reactions, trace ions being formed in a reactive gaseous medium and being analyzed in a nonreactive gaseous...
3626182 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE SENSITIVITY OF TIME OF FLIGHT ION ANALYSIS BY ION BUNCHING  
Apparatus and methods for sorting and detecting ions in a drift cell, the electric fields applied to different regions of the cell being controlled at appropriate times to ensure the rapid...
3626179 HIGH TEMPERATURE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING GASEOUS SAMPLES  
Analysis of gaseous samples containing inorganic trace substances which may be accompanied by organic interferents. The sample is passed through a high temperature pyrolizer or oxidizing burner to...
3626178 GAS OR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH WITH DETECTOR EMPLOYING ION-MOLECULE REACTIONS AND ION DRIFT  
Components of the effluent of a gas or liquid chromatograph are detected by reacting molecules of the components with primary ions to produce secondary ions which may be segregated in accordance...
3621239 DETECTING A TRACE SUBSTANCE IN A SAMPLE GAS COMPRISING REACTING THE SAMPLE WITH DIFFERENT SPECIES OF REACTANT IONS  
Methods for sorting and detecting trace gases which undergo ion-molecule reactions. Particular species of reactant ions are selected by choice of reagent gas and/or by reactant ion filtering to...
3621242 DYNAMIC FIELD TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER  
A time-of-flight mass spectrometer which employs a dynamic electric field to accelerate charged particles. For a sample containing various charged particles and given field parameters, each...
3621240 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING TRACE GASES  
Trace components of a gaseous sample are separated at atmospheric pressure in a drift cell by producing ions of the trace gases through ion-molecule reactions and by separating the resultant...
3619606 ION SOURCE FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER  
A method and apparatus for eliminating unwanted signals (noise) at a mass spectrometer output by improving the formation of ions in a mass spectrometer with a pulse forming network which applies...
3596088 TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SEPARATOR HAVING A FLOWING GAS STREAM PERPENDICULAR TO AN ION DRIFT FIELD FOR INCREASED RESOLUTION  
Apparatus and methods for sorting and detecting trace gases which undergo ion-molecule reactions. Positive or negative ions of the trace gas are formed by ion-molecule reactions between the...
3593018 TIME OF FLIGHT ION ANALYSIS WITH A PULSED ION SOURCE EMPLOYING ION-MOLECULE REACTIONS  
Apparatus and methods for sorting and detecting ions in a drift cell, the electric fields applied to the cell being controlled at appropriate times to minimize dispersion of bunched ions produced...
3586853 AXIAL BEAM TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER  
A time of flight mass spectrometer wherein the ionizing electron beam is in axial alignment with the path of the ions produced thereby and wherein an electron multiplier is utilized to generate a...
3582648 ELECTRON IMPACT TIME OF FLIGHT SPECTROMETER  
An electron impact time of flight spectrometer including means providing monochromatic electrons of a predetermined kinetic energy which are caused to impinge upon a sample material so that some of...
3576992 TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER HAVING BOTH LINEAR AND CURVED DRIFT REGIONS WHOSE ENERGY DISPERSIONS WITH TIME ARE MUTUALLY COMPENSATORY  
A mass spectrometer is disclosed which is based on the linear time-of-flight principle. Initial ion energies are compensated for by combining a curved drift region with a linear drift region so...
3553452 TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER OPERATIVE AT ELEVATED ION SOURCE PRESSURES  
A time-of-flight mass spectrometer for the investigation of ion-molecule reactions at ion source pressures up to about 1 Torr. The ion source is operated with a continuous electron beam and a...
3482091 ELECTRON TRANSPARENT SHIELD FOR SEPARATING REGIONS OF DIFFERENT FIELD INTENSITIES  
3436966 ROCKET ENGINE GAS SAMPLING SYSTEM