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. 2014 Jan 22;15:25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-25

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic cross section of an IM spectrometer. Analyte compounds pre-separated by the MCC are ionized in the ionization chamber. The ions are accelerated by an electric field and move through the drift tube. They cause a voltage change when colliding with the Faraday plate; this is the measured signal.