Description of a ion source (part of a MS Instrument). More...

#include <OpenMS/METADATA/IonSource.h>

Inheritance diagram for IonSource:

Public Types
enum	InletType { INLETNULL, DIRECT, BATCH, CHROMATOGRAPHY, PARTICLEBEAM, MEMBRANESEPARATOR, OPENSPLIT, JETSEPARATOR, SEPTUM, RESERVOIR, MOVINGBELT, MOVINGWIRE, FLOWINJECTIONANALYSIS, ELECTROSPRAYINLET, THERMOSPRAYINLET, INFUSION, CONTINUOUSFLOWFASTATOMBOMBARDMENT, INDUCTIVELYCOUPLEDPLASMA, MEMBRANE, NANOSPRAY, SIZE_OF_INLETTYPE }
	inlet type More...
enum	IonizationMethod { IONMETHODNULL, ESI, EI, CI, FAB, TSP, LD, FD, FI, PD, SI, TI, API, ISI, CID, CAD, HN, APCI, APPI, ICP, NESI, MESI, SELDI, SEND, FIB, MALDI, MPI, DI, FA, FII, GD_MS, NICI, NRMS, PI, PYMS, REMPI, AI, ASI, AD, AUI, CEI, CHEMI, DISSI, LSI, PEI, SOI, SPI, SUI, VI, AP_MALDI, SILI, SALDI, SIZE_OF_IONIZATIONMETHOD }
	ionization method More...
enum	Polarity { POLNULL, POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, SIZE_OF_POLARITY }
	Polarity of the ion source. More...
Public Member Functions
	IonSource ()
	Constructor.
	IonSource (const IonSource &source)
	Copy constructor.
	~IonSource ()
	Destructor.
IonSource &	operator= (const IonSource &source)
	Assignemtn operator.
bool	operator== (const IonSource &rhs) const
	Equality operator.
bool	operator!= (const IonSource &rhs) const
	Equality operator.
InletType	getInletType () const
	returns the inlet type
void	setInletType (InletType inlet_type)
	sets the inlet type
IonizationMethod	getIonizationMethod () const
	returns the ionization method
void	setIonizationMethod (IonizationMethod ionization_type)
	sets the ionization method
Polarity	getPolarity () const
	returns the ionization mode
void	setPolarity (Polarity polarity)
	sets the ionization mode
Int	getOrder () const
	returns the position of this part in the whole Instrument.
void	setOrder (Int order)
	sets the order
Static Public Attributes
static const std::string	NamesOfInletType [SIZE_OF_INLETTYPE]
	Names of inlet types.
static const std::string	NamesOfIonizationMethod [SIZE_OF_IONIZATIONMETHOD]
	Names of inonization methods.
static const std::string	NamesOfPolarity [SIZE_OF_POLARITY]
	Names of polarity of the ion source.
Protected Attributes
InletType	inlet_type_
IonizationMethod	ionization_method_
Polarity	polarity_
Int	order_

Detailed Description

Description of a ion source (part of a MS Instrument).

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum InletType

inlet type

Enumerator:

INLETNULL	Unknown.
DIRECT	Direct.
BATCH	Batch (e.g. in MALDI).
CHROMATOGRAPHY	Chromatography (liquid).
PARTICLEBEAM	Particle beam.
MEMBRANESEPARATOR	Membrane sparator.
OPENSPLIT	Open split.
JETSEPARATOR	Jet separator.
SEPTUM	Septum.
RESERVOIR	Reservoir.
MOVINGBELT	Moving belt.
MOVINGWIRE	Moving wire.
FLOWINJECTIONANALYSIS	Flow injection analysis.
ELECTROSPRAYINLET	Electro spray.
THERMOSPRAYINLET	Thermo spray.
INFUSION	Infusion.
CONTINUOUSFLOWFASTATOMBOMBARDMENT	Continuous flow fast atom bombardment.
INDUCTIVELYCOUPLEDPLASMA	Inductively coupled plasma.
MEMBRANE	Membrane inlet.
NANOSPRAY	Nanospray inlet.
SIZE_OF_INLETTYPE

enum IonizationMethod

ionization method

Enumerator:

IONMETHODNULL	Unknown.
ESI	electrospray ionisation
EI	electron ionization
CI	chemical ionisation
FAB	fast atom bombardment
TSP	thermospray
LD	laser desorption
FD	field desorption
FI	flame ionization
PD	plasma desorption
SI	secondary ion MS
TI	thermal ionization
API	atmospheric pressure ionisation
ISI
CID	collsion induced decomposition
CAD	collsion activated decomposition
HN
APCI	atmospheric pressure chemical ionization
APPI	atmospheric pressure photo ionization
ICP	inductively coupled plasma
NESI	Nano electrospray ionization.
MESI	Micro electrospray ionization.
SELDI	Surface enhanced laser desorption ionization.
SEND	Surface enhanced neat desorption.
FIB	Fast ion bombardment.
MALDI	Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization.
MPI	Multiphoton ionization.
DI	desorption ionization
FA	flowing afterglow
FII	field ionization
GD_MS	glow discharge ionization
NICI	negative ion chemical ionization
NRMS	neutralization reionization mass spectrometry
PI	photoionization
PYMS	pyrolysis mass spectrometry
REMPI	resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization
AI	adiabatic ionization
ASI	associative ionization
AD	autodetachment
AUI	autoionization
CEI	charge exchange ionization
CHEMI	chemi-ionization
DISSI	dissociative ionization
LSI	liquid secondary ionization
PEI	penning ionization
SOI	soft ionization
SPI	spark ionization
SUI	surface ionization
VI	vertical ionization
AP_MALDI	atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization
SILI	desorption/ionization on silicon
SALDI	surface-assisted laser desorption ionization
SIZE_OF_IONIZATIONMETHOD