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HERO ID
3860624
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
QUANTITATIVE TIME-OF-FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS-SPECTROMETRY OF A PERFLUORINATED POLYETHER
Author(s)
Fowler, DE; Johnson, RD; Vanleyen, D; Benninghoven, A
Year
1991
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Surface and Interface Analysis
ISSN:
0142-2421
EISSN:
1096-9918
Volume
17
Issue
3
Page Numbers
125-136
DOI
10.1002/sia.740170303
Web of Science Id
WOS:A1991FC90100001
Abstract
Quantitative determination of the molecular weight and composition of submicrogram quantities of a perfluorinated polyether (PFPE) supported on Ag and Si substrates was made from empirical relationships derived from the intensities of specific high-mass (greater-than-or-equal-to 800 amu) fragmentation ions from time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) measurements. These relationships are explained in terms of simple concepts regarding the process of volatilization, fragmentation and ionization in TOF-SIMS. The results for both negative and positive ions are nearly independent of the substrate materials used, demonstrating that the high-mass fragmentation ions in TOF-SIMS may be useful generally for in situ quantitative analysis of PFPEs on non-specific substrates. This is an important difference between the TOF-SIMS fragmentation spectrum and the complementary TOF-SIMS cationized molecular ion spectrum, which requires special sample preparation and/or substrates. In order to interpret the quantitative information available in the TOF-SIMS fragment spectrum, it was absolutely necessary to characterize extensively the PFPE samples using NMR and TOF-SIMS Ag+-cationized molecular ion results. This characterization helped to demonstrate the power of TOF-SIMS to do quantitative analysis and led to additional insight concerning the SIMS ion-forming process for PFPE. This study represents one of the first attempts to make quantitative use of the high-mass fragment ion intensities in SIMS studies of polymers, and presents a method for confirming the origin of the mass peaks in the spectra.
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Expanded PFAS SEM (formerly PFAS 430)
Perfluoropentanesulfonate
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^Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
PFPeS (2706-91-4)
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