ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
A new method of thermal programmed desorption (TPD) using time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) is developed for simultaneous detection, in wide mass ranges, of large molecules and their surface reaction products. It provides a three-dimensional (3D) TPD spectrum that contains a complete set of conventional two-dimensional (2D) TPD spectra of all the masses in the mass range of interest. As an example, we present a 3D TPD spectrum of (methylcyclopentadienyl)Ir(1,5-cyclooctadiene), molecular weight 379.53 AMU, on a rhodium surface. The 3D TPD spectrum comprises TOF mass spectra, from 1 to 385 AMU, accumulating 10 000 scans every 0.6 s. By covering the whole mass range of interest in one TPD experiment, the new TOFMS-TPD eliminates guesswork required in TPD using quadrupole mass spectrometry that limits the number of masses to follow. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1286719
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