Advanced Lab Course
Responsible: Dr. Wolfgang Plaß, Dr. Timo Dickel, Prof. Dr. Christoph Scheidenberger
II. Physikalisches Institut
Place: Lecture Hall Building, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 14, Room 24
Supervisor: Dr. Ali Mollaebrahimi (Room 25, Telefon 33253, Emai)
Makar Simonov (Room 27a, Telefon 33250, Email)
Appointment: Individual arrangement
Lab Course Duration: 5 - 6 hours
Mass spectrometry is an important and widely used analytical method that allows to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions, to identify and quantify unknown substances and to study their structure. Extremely small amounts of substances (about 10-14 moles) are sufficient for analysis; analysis can often be performed on-line and in situ.
Applications range from physics (determination of nuclear masses), chemistry (structure determination of molecules, investigation of reaction processes, determination of enthalpies and binding energies), and biology (peptide sequencing) to astronomy, geology (age determination), medicine (blood analysis) and industrial applications (monitoring of chemical and biological processes).
The aim of the experiment is to become familiar with the basics of mass spectrometry. A time-of-flight mass spectrometer developed at the II Institute of Physics is used for this purpose. During the experiment, students will be required to tune and calibrate the setup using air mass spectrum as a reference. After calibration, participants will have to determine the relative isotopic abundance of krypton and identify samples containing organic compounds in trace amounts. In addition to theoretical and practical knowledge about (time-of-flight) mass spectrometry, acquaintance with fast detector systems is also imparted.
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