JMSSJ On-line, Vol. 56 (2008) No. 2, pp. 049-054
Why Can Reflectron and Multi-Turn Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Improve Their Mass Resolving Powers?
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    Koichi TANAKA,1 Ken-ichi YOSHINO,2,3 Yasuhide NAITO,4 and Michisato TOYODA5

    1Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JAPAN
    2Biosignal Research Center, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, and 3the Integrated Center for Mass Spectrometry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, JAPAN
    4The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Hamamatsu, JAPAN
    5Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, OSAKA, JAPAN

Linear mode, reflectron mode, and multi-turn are techniques for m/z analysis in time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Reflectron mode and multi-turn enable analysis to be performed with a higher mass resolving power than that attained with linear mode. In this commentary, starting from the basic principles of time-of-flight mass spectrometry in linear mode, the possible improvements in mass resolving power that can be made by reflectron mode and multi-turn techniques will be explained.

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