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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2009.18.3.197

The Effect of Contamination of Ion Source on Ionic Current of Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer  

Lee, K.C. (Vacuum center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Park, C.J. (Vacuum center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Kim, J.T. (Vacuum center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Oh, E.S. (Physics Department, Chungnam National University)
Hong, K.S. (Vacuum center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Hong, S.S. (Vacuum center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Lim, I.T. (Vacuum center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Yun, J.Y. (Vacuum center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Kang, S.W. (Vacuum center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Shin, Y.H. (Vacuum center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.18, no.3, 2009 , pp. 197-202 More about this Journal
Abstract
The long term stability of ion current of QMS has been one of key parameters for monitoring gas process in vacuum. The time dependence of ionic current was monitored while the pressure of nitrogen gas was kept at a fixed pressure by introducing the gas into vacuum chamber. The chamber was evacuated to ${\sim}3{\times}10^{-9}\;Torr$ to reduce background signals before the measurement. Two ion sources were tested; one had brownish or black color due to gas contamination and the other one was new, i.e. cleaner. At a nitrogen pressure of $1{\times}10^{-5}\;Torr$, the ionic currents measured by the contaminated ion source decreased faster with time. The decrease rate was respectively ${\sim}46%$ for cleaner one and ${\sim}84%$ for contaminated one after ${\sim}5.5%$ hours. In order to test the effect of filament material on the ion current decrease, we fabricated a tungsten(W) filament which consisted of two parts; one half was made of W and the other was coated with yttria. The similar decrease of ionic currents were shown for the two types of filaments, indicating that slight change of temperature of filament due to material difference i.e. baking effect could not improve the origin of ionic current decrease. Overall the decreasing rate of ionic current is more closely associated with contaminated ion source of QMS rather than its filament materials.
Keywords
Vacuum; QMS; RGA; Gas analysis; Mass spectrum;
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