Mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry

Mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry (MIKES) is a mass spectrometry technique by which mass spectra are obtained from a sector mass spectrometer that incorporates at least one magnetic sector plus one electric sector in reverse geometry (the beam first enters the magnetic sector). The accelerating voltage, V, and the magnetic flux density, B, are set to select the precursor ions of a particular m/z. The precursor ions then to dissociate or react in an electric field-free region between the two sectors. The ratio of the kinetic energy to charge of the product ions are analyzed by scanning the electric sector field E. The width of the product ion spectrum peaks is related to the kinetic energy release distribution for the dissociation process.

See also

• Gas phase ion chemistry
• R. Graham Cooks

References

Bibliography

• Jacques Momigny; Eugen Illenberger (1999). Gaseous Molecular Ions: An Introduction To Elementary Processes Induced By Ionization (Topics in Physical Chemistry). Darmstadt: Steinkopff.