@article {Rowan:1 August 1989:0003-7028:976,
author = "Rowan, John T.",
author = "Houk, R.S.",
title = "Attenuation of Polyatomic Ion Interferences in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry by Gas-Phase Collisions",
journal = "Applied Spectroscopy",
volume = "43",
year = "1 August 1989",
abstract = "A double quadrupole arrangement to remove polyatomic ions by collisions with an added target gas has been evaluated. The ions Ar2+, ArO+, and ArN+ were attenuated by factors of 50-400 to count rates of ≲100 counts s−1. Fifty to seventy percent of the analyte ions were retained. Removal of polyatomic ions and retention of analyte ions were favored by low-energy collisions with Xe or CH4 rather than typical target gases like N2 or Ar. Products of ion-molecule reactions between background ions and target gas in the first quadrupole could be observed.",
pages = "976-980(5)",
url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sas/sas/1989/00000043/00000006/art00011"
doi = "doi:10.1366/0003702894204065"
}