The Hiden EPIC and IDP are designed with the features of high performance RGAs and additionally provided with negative ion capability and pole bias mid-axis potential, thereby making them exceptional research grade mass spectrometers.
Key Features
The main features of the EPIC are given below:
- Mass range options to 2500amu, 6 or 9mm pole diameter options
- Improved long-term stability with less than ±0.5% height variation over 24h
- Improved sensitivity for high mass transmission and automatic mass scale alignment
- Pulse ion counter for continuous 1: 107 c/s decade dynamic range
- Ion source control for soft ionisation and appearance potential mass spectrometry
- Ion energy distribution by mid-axis potential scanning ±100 V, 1000eV option
- Wide dynamic range - 5x1010 c/s with Faraday option
- Improved contamination resistance via the RF-only pre-filter stage
- Temperature reading integrated into data displays for thermal desorption applications
- Signal gating 100ns resolution for energy and mass distributions vs time or TOF studies
- MASsoft control via RS232, USB or Ethernet LAN
- Upgradeable to plasma / SIMS specification
- Integral UHV compatible shroud, liquid nitrogen cooled shroud option
Applications
The EPIC is used in the following areas:
- Catalysis
- Surface science
- Thin film and surface engineering
- Molecular beam studies