mass spectrometer

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Meaning

spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer

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mass-spectrometer

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Accuracy of radiometric dating Thermal ionization mass spectrometer used in radiometric dating. Source: Internet

A production-scale mass spectrometer named the Calutron was developed during World War II that provided some of the 235 U used for the Little Boy nuclear bomb, which was dropped over Hiroshima in 1945. Source: Internet

A mass spectrometer in use at the NBS in 1948. Source: Internet

By measuring the decay products of extinct radionuclides with a mass spectrometer and using isochronplots, it is possible to determine relative ages of different events in the early history of the solar system. Source: Internet

Examples include the Einzel lens, the Barrel lens, Agilent's Omega Lens Kenichi Sakata et al., Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer and method, US patent 6265717 B1. Source: Internet

If a sample contains multiple isotopes, the mass spectrometer can determine the proportion of each isotope in the sample by measuring the intensity of the different beams of ions. Source: Internet

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