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A Home-made FT-ICR (Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance) spectrometer with a direct injection laser-vaporization-supersonic-expansion cluster beam source is implemented. Carbon, carbon-metal, silicon clusters are currently studied.

[What is fullerene?]
[What is FT-ICR?]
[How you can get mass spectrum]
[Apparatus]
[Example of high mass resolution]

What is fullerene?
Closed caged molecules of carbon such as C₆₀ and C₇₀. It is considered to be the 3rd form of carbon in addition to diamond and graphite. The following figures shows examples of fullerene.

Typical Structures of Fullerene

What is FT-ICR?

Heart of FT-ICR(Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance) mass spectrometer is the ICR cell installed in the strong magnetic field of 6 T. As shown in the figure our ICR cell consists of 4 sectors of electrodes. The inner diameter is 42 mm, and the length is 150 mm. Two opponent sectors are Excite and other two are Detect. An ion in the magnetic field makes a ion cyclotron motion with f = qB/2pm. Hence, the frequency is inversely proportional to the mass m.

Fig.2 Schematics of ICR cell.

How to get a spectrum


Fig.3 Example of Excite and Detect waveforms.

Apparatus

Fig.4 FT-ICR (Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance) Mass Spectrometer

High Mass Resolution

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Number of Carbon Atoms or Atomic Mass Unit

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