title: Experimental investigations of trimer ion contributions in the low resolution mass spectrometry of hydrogen isotope mixtures.
abstract: This paper reports on some preliminary experimental results of a work in progress regarding a problem involving the quantitative analysis of hydrogen isotopes by mass spectrometry of low resolution: the triatomic (trimer) ions interferences with the isotopic hydrogen species having the same mass/charge. These results indicate that, in complex mixtures of hydrogen isotopes, trimer ions are strongly affected by the presence of other species, and a new approach that takes into account the destruction mechanism of trimer ions is necessary for a proper determination of their contributions.
authors.affiliation: National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies-ICSI Ramnicu Valcea, RO, Romania. nicoale.bidica@icsi.ro
authors.forename: Nicolae
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bidica
mesh_terms: D003903:Deuterium / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D013058:Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D003903:Deuterium