Title: linked scan
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - linked scan
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.L03569
Status: current

Definition
A scan, in an instrument comprising two or more analysers, in which two or more of the analyser fields are scanned simultaneously so as to preserve a pre-determined relationship between parameters characterizing these fields. Often, these parameters are the field strengths, but they may also be the frequencies in the case of analysers in which alternating fields are employed.

Source
- PAC, 1991, 63, 1541. 'Recommendations for nomenclature and symbolism for mass spectroscopy (including an appendix of terms used in vacuum technology). (Recommendations 1991)' on page 1551 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199163101541)

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Citation: Citation: 'linked scan' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.L03569
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