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Reflectron
IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
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.
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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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This term has a corresponding Wikipedia article: Reflectron

Wikidata for Reflectron

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.

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-{{DefName|A type of [[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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+|def=Component of a [[time-of-flight mass spectrometer]] that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the [[ion]]s 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.
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+|ref=B. A. Mamyrin, V. I. Karataev, D. V. Shmikk, V. A. Zagulin. Sov. Phys. JETP 37, 45 (1973).
+}}
-== Related Terms ==
+{{Wplink}}
+==Gallery==
-[[Reflectron, Dual Stage]]
+<gallery>
+File:Reflectron.jpg|A dual stage reflectron from an IT-TOF mass spectrometer from Shimadzu.
-[[Reflectron, Curved Field]]
+File:ProFlex Reflectron.jpg|Reflectron from a Bruker Proflex time-of-flight mass spectrometer.
+File:ProFlex Reflectron Bore.jpg|View down the bore of a reflection ion mirror from a Bruker ProFlex time-of-flight mass spectrometer.
-[[Reflectron, Gridless]]
+</gallery>
-[[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]]