ion gate

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.12440
Set of plates or grid of wires in an ion mobility spectrometer, time-of-flight mass spectrometer, or other mass spectrometer that is used to apply a pulsed electric field with the purpose of selectively deflecting charged particles.
See also: mass gate
Source:
PAC, 2013, 85, 1515. (Definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)) on page 1552 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'ion gate' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.12440 RIS BibTex EndNote
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