quadrupole spectrometer
quadrupole spectrometer
[′kwä·drə‚pōl spek′träm·əd·ər] (analytical chemistry)
A type of mass spectroscope in which ions pass along a line of symmetry between four parallel cylindrical rods; an alternating potential superimposed on a steady potential between pairs of rods filters out all ions except those of a predetermined mass. Also known as Massenfilter.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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