ABSTRACT
RF-Storage Device............................................................................ 261 3.5 The Orbitrap Analyzer as an Accurate Mass Detector in the LTQ
Orbitrap Hybrid Mass Spectrometer and its Extensions .............................. 263 3.5.1 Instrument Conguration and Operation ......................................... 263 3.5.2 Additional Analytical Capabilities Provided by the C-Trap .............264 3.5.3 Applications of the LTQ Orbitrap Instrument ..................................264 3.5.4 Extensions of the LTQ Orbitrap ....................................................... 267
3.6 The Orbitrap Mass Analyzer as an Accurate Mass Detector in a Stand-Alone Mass Spectrometer ..................................................................266
3.7 Further Developments of the Orbitrap Mass Analyzer ................................ 267 3.8 Conclusion ....................................................................................................268 Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................268 References ..............................................................................................................269
Being in many ways an unusual newcomer, the Orbitrap™ mass analyzer [1] nevertheless represents only the rst commercial implementation of a highly promising class of devices where ions are separated on the basis of their m/z-values over the course of multiple reections or deections in an electrostatic eld.
