The present invention provides a method of discriminating singly-charged ions
from multiply-charged ions by the use of an ion trap type mass spectrometer which
is an inexpensive mass spectrometer. This is achieved by a mass-analyzing method
using an ion trap type mass spectrometer equipped with a ring electrode and one
pair of end cap electrodes to temporarily trap ions in a three-dimensional quadrupole
field to mass-analyze a sample. The method includes a first step of applying a
main high frequency voltage to the ring electrode to form a three-dimensional quadrupole
field, a second step of generating ions in the mass analyzing unit or injecting
ions from the outside and trapping ions of a predetermined mass-to-charge ratio
range in the mass analyzing unit, a third step of applying a supplementary AC voltage
having a plurality of frequency components between the end cap electrodes and scanning
the frequency components of the supplementary AC voltage, and a fourth step of
scanning the main high frequency voltage and ejecting ions from the mass analyzing
unit, and detection thereof. With this, chemical noises can be reduced dramatically.