TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: No Known Copyright TI - Diagram of continuous ionization operation ID - s1784m071 AU - Bendix Corporation DA - 1970/// YR - 1970 AV - Photographs from the Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Collection, Box 2 VL - Photographs from the Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Collection, Box 2 AN - Photographs from the Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Collection, Box 2 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/s1784m071 AB - Diagram depicting the continuous ionization operation of a Bendix Corporation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. Ionization is the process by which an atom or a molecule acquires a negative or positive charge by gaining or losing electrons to form ions, often in conjunction with other chemical changes. Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique used to identify qualitatively and quantitatively the atomic and molecular composition of inorganic and organic materials by sorting ions according to their mass-to-charge ratios. The Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOFMS) was the flagship analytical instrument of the Bendix Corporation. KW - Ionization KW - Mass spectrometers KW - Mass spectrometry KW - Time-of-flight mass spectrometry KW - Bendix Corporation KW - Spectrometer industry LA - ER -