William R. Smythe
American scientist
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development of ion-velocity spectrometer
- In mass spectrometry: Ion-velocity spectrometers
In the United States William R. Smythe first proposed such a device in 1926 based on electrodes to which radio-frequency voltages are applied and which are arranged so that ions of a given velocity pass undeflected. He built a working model a few years later in collaboration with Mattauch.…
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