dead time
The time after acceptance of a detected ion before a subsequent ion can be detected.
The term "dead time" was found in the following pages:
Instrument database: Sercon Ltd. - 20-20 Continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer
Instrument database: Waters Corporation - Q-TOF Ultima API
Instrument database: Thermo ARL - ARL Advant XP and XP+ X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
Instrument database: Waters Corporation - Q-TOF API-US
Instrument database: Agilent Technologies Inc. - LC/MSD Trap XCT Ultra