Direct determination of trace amounts of acetic acid using a novel ambient glow discharge ion source

A novel ambient glow discharge ion source with improved line-cylinder electrodes is put forward and designed in this paper. The diameters of inner and outer electrodes are 0.16 and 4 mm respectively. With a special assembly method, a perfect coaxiality of the two electrodes is obtained. From the gas discharge experiment, it can be seen that the discharge can stably work in normal glow discharge mode. The operating currents of the ion source are in an order of milliamperes and can generate a much larger number and wider variety of reagent ions. The MS experiment shows that the ion source has higher detection sensitivity.