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Mass selective axial ejection of ions and mass analysis with a stability island with linear quadrupoles with added octopole fields are described. With mass selective axial ejection, quadrupoles with 2.0% and 2.6% added octopole fields have been tested and compared to a conventional quadrupole. The effects of trapping ions at different q values, excitation voltage, scan direction, balanced and unbalanced rf voltages on the rods, and dc applied between the rods have been investigated. The highest scan speeds and highest resolution are obtained with resonant excitation and ejection at high q (q = 0.8). With axial ejection, the quadrupole with a 2.0% added octopole field provides mass resolution and ejection efficiencies similar to a conventional rod set. Quadrupole, dipole and simultaneous dipole-dipole excitation between the x and y rod pairs were compared and no advantage was found with quadrupole or dipole-dipole excitation. The effects of scan speed were investigated and a resolution at half height of about 1600 is possible at scan speeds up to 5000 Th/s. Mass analysis using islands of stability was investigated with a quadrupole with 2.0% added octopole field. The island of stability is formed with auxiliary excitation. The experiments confirm the predictions of the simulations. With the resolving dc applied to the quadrupole so that the Mathieu parameter a>0, conventional mass analysis with applied rf and dc and no auxiliary excitation is possible. In this case use of an island of stability yields similar peak shape and resolution. However with the polarity of the resolving dc reversed so that a<0, only very low resolution can be obtained; the added octopole prevents conventional mass analysis. By using a stability island when a<0, the resolution is substantially improved.

Mass selective axial ejection of ions and mass analysis with a stability island with linear quadrupoles with added octopole fields are described. With mass selective axial ejection, quadrupoles with 2.0% and 2.6% added octopole fields have been tested and compared to a conventional quadrupole. The effects of trapping ions at different q values, excitation voltage, scan direction, balanced and unbalanced rf voltages on the rods, and dc applied between the rods have been investigated. The highest scan speeds and highest resolution are obtained with resonant excitation and ejection at high q (q = 0.8). With axial ejection, the quadrupole with a 2.0% added octopole field provides mass resolution and ejection efficiencies similar to a conventional rod set. Quadrupole, dipole and simultaneous dipole-dipole excitation between the x and y rod pairs were compared and no advantage was found with quadrupole or dipole-dipole excitation. The effects of scan speed were investigated and a resolution at half height of about 1600 is possible at scan speeds up to 5000 Th/s. Mass analysis using islands of stability was investigated with a quadrupole with 2.0% added octopole field. The island of stability is formed with auxiliary excitation. The experiments confirm the predictions of the simulations. With the resolving dc applied to the quadrupole so that the Mathieu parameter a>0, conventional mass analysis with applied rf and dc and no auxiliary excitation is possible. In this case use of an island of stability yields similar peak shape and resolution. However with the polarity of the resolving dc reversed so that a<0, only very low resolution can be obtained; the added octopole prevents conventional mass analysis. By using a stability island when a<0, the resolution is substantially improved.

Mass selective axial ejection of ions and mass analysis with a stability island with linear quadrupoles with added octopole fields are described. With mass selective axial ejection, quadrupoles with 2.0% and 2.6% added octopole fields have been tested and compared to a conventional quadrupole. The effects of trapping ions at different q values, excitation voltage, scan direction, balanced and unbalanced rf voltages on the rods, and dc applied between the rods have been investigated. The highest scan speeds and highest resolution are obtained with resonant excitation and ejection at high q (q = 0.8). With axial ejection, the quadrupole with a 2.0% added octopole field provides mass resolution and ejection efficiencies similar to a conventional rod set. Quadrupole, dipole and simultaneous dipole-dipole excitation between the x and y rod pairs were compared and no advantage was found with quadrupole or dipole-dipole excitation. The effects of scan speed were investigated and a resolution at half height of about 1600 is possible at scan speeds up to 5000 Th/s. Mass analysis using islands of stability was investigated with a quadrupole with 2.0% added octopole field. The island of stability is formed with auxiliary excitation. The experiments confirm the predictions of the simulations. With the resolving dc applied to the quadrupole so that the Mathieu parameter a>0, conventional mass analysis with applied rf and dc and no auxiliary excitation is possible. In this case use of an island of stability yields similar peak shape and resolution. However with the polarity of the resolving dc reversed so that a<0, only very low resolution can be obtained; the added octopole prevents conventional mass analysis. By using a stability island when a<0, the resolution is substantially improved. / Science, Faculty of / Chemistry, Department of / Graduate

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We focus on single punch compaction of powder metals in hollow cylindrical geometries, and pay special attention to the effects of non-uniform initial density distribution on final green densities, the effects of density-dependent powder properties and pressure dependent coefficients of friction on the evolution of the pressure and density profiles during compaction, and the time variations of the force required for ejection after the compaction pressure is removed. In studying the effects of non-uniform initial density distribution, we extend the work of Richman and Gaboriault [1999] to allow for fill densities that vary with initial location in the die. The process is modeled using equations of equilibrium in the axial and radial directions, a constitutive relation that relates the axial pressure to the radial pressure at any point in the specimen, and a plausible equation of state that relates local density to the local pressure. Coulomb friction is assumed to act at the interfaces between the specimen and both the die wall and core rod. In this manner, we determine the axial and radial variations of the final density, the axial, radial and tangential pressures, and the shear stress. Of special interest are the inverse problems, in which we find the required non-uniform initial density distribution that, in principle, will yield no variation in the final green density. For incorporating the effect of pressure and density dependent powder properties, we employ a one-dimensional model that predicts the axial variations of the pressure and density. In this model, however, we incorporate the density dependence of the radial-to-axial pressure ratio, as well as the pressure-dependence of the coefficients of friction at the die wall and core rod. The density-dependence of the pressure ratio is based on the experimental measurements of Trassoras [1998], and the pressure dependence of the friction coefficients is based on the measurements of Sinka [2000] and Solimanjad et. al [2001]. In the course of this study, we focus attention on a Distalloy AE powder, and establish the relation between its compressibility and its radial-to-axial pressure ratio. Finally, we employ linear elasticity theory to model the ejection of the green compact. In the first phase, we model relaxation of the compact after removal of the compaction pressure as a misfit of three cylinders, representing the core rod, the compact and the die wall. The known input is radial pressure distribution at the conclusion of compaction, and the output is the corresponding radial pressure distributions that prevail after the compaction pressures are removed. In the second phase, we determine the variations with punch displacement of the ejection forces required to overcome friction at the core rod and die wall. The model includes additions to the friction forces due to the radial expansion (i.e. the Poisson effect) that occurs during ejection. Predictions of the model compare well to the experimental results of Gethin et.al. [1994].

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-61). Also available via the Internet.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the type of lubricant, its concentration and mixing time with granules on the tablet hardness, ejection force and the lubrication index. Lactose was used as a filler in granules and polyvinylpyrolidone as a binder. Granules were prepared by wet granulation. Three types of talc were used in concentrations 1%, 3%, 5%, 7% a 10% and magnesium stearate in concetrations 1%, 2% a 3% as lubricants. Tablets were produced by tablet press DOTT Bonapace (model CPR-6) with the possibility to measure the force of the upper and lower punch and force-displacement. These values were used for the calculation of the lubrication index. The values of lubrication index were used for the lubricants comparison. The lubrication index with magnesium stearate did not change either with increasing concentration or with mixing time with granules. In case of each type of talc, the lubrication effect rose with increasing concentration but time of the mixing did not have any significant effect on the lubrication potential. Tablet strength decreased with higher lubricant concentration and longer mixing time when magnesium stearate was used. With increasing concentration of the lubricant tablet strength with talc first increased then stagnated or started to decrease. The higher...

This thesis presents results of investigations that have been carried out to understand dynamics in nonlinear Paul trap mass spectrometers. Of the three problems that have been taken up for study in this thesis, the first concerns understanding early/delayed ejection of ions in mass selective boundary ejection experiments. The second looks at the differential resolution observed in forward and reverse scan resonance ejection experiments. The third study explores a coupled nonlinear resonance within the nominally stable region of trap operation. The method of multiple scales has been to elucidate dynamics associated with early and delayed ejection of ions in mass selective ejection experiments in Paul traps. We develop a slow flow equation to approximate the solution of a weakly nonlinear Mathieu equation to describe ion dynamics in the neighborhood of the stability boundary of ideal traps (where the Mathieu parameter qz = qz* = 0.908046). For positive even multipoles in the ion trapping field, in the stable region of trap operation, the phase portrait obtained from the slow flow consists of three fixed points, two of which are saddles and the third is a center. As the qz value of an ion approaches qz*, the saddles approach each other, and a point is reached where all nonzero solutions are unbounded, leading to an observation of early ejection. The phase portraits for negative even multipoles and odd multipoles of either sign are qualitatively similar to each other and display bounded solutions even for qz > qz*, resulting in the observation of delayed ejection associated with a more gentle increase in ion motion amplitudes, a mechanism different from the case of the positive even multipoles. The second study investigates constraints on pre-ejection dynamical states which cause differential resolution in resonance ejection experiments using Paul traps with stretched geometry. Both analytical and numerical computations are carried out to elucidate the role of damping and scan rate in influencing coherence in ion motion associated with the forward and reverse scan. It has been shown that in the forward scan experiments, for a given damping, low scan rates result in coherent motion of ions oof a given mass at the jump point. At this point, the amplitude and phase of ions of a given mass, starting at different initial conditions, become effectively identical. As the scan rate is increased, coherence is destroyed. For a given scan rate, increasing damping introduces coherence in ion motion, while decreasing damping destroys this coherence. In reverse scan experiments, for a given damping, very low scan rates will cause coherent ion motion. Increasing the scan rate destroys this coherence. The effect of damping in reverse scan experiments is qualitatively similar to that in the forward scan experiments, but settling times in the forward scan are shorter, leading to improved coherence and resolution. For mass spectrometrically relevant scan rates and damping values, significantly greater coherence is obtained in the forward scan. In the third study we investigate the weakly coupled and nonlinear Mathieu equations governing ion motion in axial and radial directions in a Paul trap in the neighborhood of a nonlinear resonance point at az* = -0.2313850427 and qz* = 0.9193009931$. Using harmonic balance based approximate averaging up to second order; we obtain a slow flow that, we numerically demonstrate, approximates the actual ion dynamics. We find that the slow flow is Hamiltonian. We study the slow flow numerically with the objective of exploring and displaying some of the possible types of interesting ion motions. In particular, we choose specific but arbitrary parameter values; study the stability of the individual radial and axial motion invariant manifolds; examine the rather large times associated with escape of ions; notice regions in the averaged phase space wherein trajectories do not, in fact, escape; observe apparently chaotic dynamics preceding escape for ions that do escape; and note that trajectories that do not escape appear to be confined to 4-tori. We conclude with some comments on the implications for practical operation of the Paul trap near this resonant point.