Journal of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan
Online ISSN : 1880-4225
Print ISSN : 1340-8097
ISSN-L : 1340-8097
The Study on a Secondary Electron Multiplier Tube(II)
Masami MichijimaMasayuki Gotoh
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1960 Volume 1960 Issue 15 Pages 26-32

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A 12-stage secondary-electron multiplier with CuBe alloy(2% Be)dynodes was constructed. The dynodes were treated and polished by the same method as previously reported. The over-all gain of this multiplier, when installed in a mass spectrometer, settled down to about 104, the applied voltage being 300 volts per stage and the ion energy about 5.6KV. The noise level, measured with the vibrating reed electrometer, corresponds to the ion current of about1.5×10-18A at the pressure of 1.4×10-5mmHg. The over-all gain is nearly constant in the pressure region of -10-5mmHg, and is not seriously affected by exposure for a short time.

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