Mass selective instability

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Mass selective instability

A phenomenon observed in a Paul ion trap whereby an appropriate combination of oscillating electric fields applied to the body and the end-caps of the trap leads to unstable trajectories for ions within a particular range of m/z values and thus to their loss from the trap.


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