Time of flight tube allows molecular ion of different mass to be separated using different flight time in MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometry techniques rely on a mass analyzer to separate ions of different molecular weight in order to afford differential or specific detection of particular molecular ion of certain mass/charge ratio. One common mass analyzer is the quadrupole mass analyzer common in liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) applications. In the gentle ionization technique known as … More Time of flight tube allows molecular ion of different mass to be separated using different flight time in MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry