In 2007 we upgraded our Q-AMS to a C-ToF-AMS in order to gain sensitivity and mass resolution. The gain in sensitivity is especially important for mobile measurements (aircraft, mobile laboratory), because here a high time resolution is desired.
The C-ToF-AMS was integrated into the two DLR Falcon racks that carried the Q-AMS and was operated on two aircraft missions in 2008 (POLARCAT and CONCERT). It was also employed in laboratory studies in the framework of VI-ACI. In the near future it will be integrated into one HALO rack.

More info: Visit the mass spectrometry pages by Jose Jimenez


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References:

Frank Drewnick, Silke S. Hings, Peter DeCarlo, John T. Jayne, Marc Gonin, Katrin Fuhrer, Silke Weimer, Jose L. Jimenez, Kenneth L. Demerjian, Stephan Borrmann, Douglas R. Worsnop: A new Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (TOF-AMS): Instrument Description and First Field Deployment, Aerosol Science & Technology 39 (2005), 637-658

 

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