GONG Tao1, TANG Fei1, WANG Xiao-hao1. Characteristics of Ionic Wind Excited by Multiple Needles-Net Structure[J]. High voltageapparatus, 2012, 48(5): 33-36.
GONG Tao1, TANG Fei1, WANG Xiao-hao1. Characteristics of Ionic Wind Excited by Multiple Needles-Net Structure[J]. High voltageapparatus, 2012, 48(5): 33-36. DOI: 10.13296/j.1001-1609.hva.2012.05.001.
Characteristics of Ionic Wind Excited by Multiple Needles-Net Structure
Based on the principle of negative corona discharge
a multiple needles-net structure was designed.When voltage of-4 310 V is applied to the needle electrodes and the net electrode is earthed
this structure can excite ionic wind at a speed of 1.1 m/s.Micro-current measurement of the ionic wind was conducted by using the mechanical Faraday cup
and the highest current intensity approached to-10 nA.However
the dark current of the device was only-40 pA before exerting high voltage.The experimental results show that this multiple needles-net structure can ionize a sample
and force the sample ions to move with the flow of ionic wind into a sampler.The present structure can combine the ion source and the sampler in a conventional mass spectrograph into one
which facilitates process of mass spectrometric analysis and reduces volume of the mass spectrograph.Consequently
it may be applied to portable mass spectrograph with real-time and on-line analysis.