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Etymology
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Blend
of
orbit
+
trap
Noun
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orbitrap
(
plural
orbitraps
)
A
mass
analyzer
consisting of an outer
barrel
-like
electrode
and a
coaxial
inner
spindle
-like electrode that
traps
ions
in an
orbital
motion
around the spindle. The image current from the trapped ions is detected and converted to a mass spectrum using the
Fourier transform
of the
frequency
signal
.
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