drift tube

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.12397
Cylindrical chamber containing a buffer gas. Ions introduced at one end are caused to move to the other end by either a flow of the buffer gas or by a uniform longitudinal electric field.
Source:
PAC, 2013, 85, 1515. (Definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)) on page 1539 [Terms] [Paper]