Reflectron

IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Reflectron
Component of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the ions and improves mass resolution by assuring that ions of the same m/z but different translational energy arrive at the detector at the same time.
Related Term(s):
Reference(s): B. A. Mamyrin, V. I. Karataev, D. V. Shmikk, V. A. Zagulin. Sov. Phys. JETP 37, 45 (1973).
From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.
Index of Recommended Terms

---

This term has a corresponding Wikipedia article: Reflectron Wikidata page for Reflectron

Gallery

A dual stage reflectron from an IT-TOF mass spectrometer from Shimadzu.

Reflectron from a Bruker Proflex time-of-flight mass spectrometer.

View down the bore of a reflection ion mirror from a Bruker ProFlex time-of-flight mass spectrometer.