Abstract
The Direct Simulation Monte Carlo algorithm as coded in FENIX is used to model the transport of trace ions in the first vacuum stage of the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. Haibin Ma of the Farnsworth group at Brigham Young University measured two radial trace density profiles: one 0.7 mm upstream of the sampling cone and the other 10 mm downstream. We compare simulation results from FENIX with the experimental results. We find that gas dynamic convection and diffusion are unable to account for the experimentally-measured profile changes from upstream to downstream. Including discharge quenching and ambipolar electric fields, however, makes it possible to account for the way the profiles change.
Degree
MS
College and Department
Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Physics and Astronomy
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Zachreson, Matthew R., "Comparing Theory and Experiment for Analyte Transport in the First Vacuum Stage of the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 3538.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3538
Date Submitted
2012-12-08
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd5814
Keywords
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, gas flow simulation, direct-simulation Monte Carlo, DSMC
Language
English