Preparative scale mass spectrometry: A brief history of the calutron

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 943-953

  Yergey, Alfred L ^a,c   Yergey, A Karl ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MSC 1580 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB; FISSION NEUTRON; HISTORY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; REVIEW;

EID: 0031239330     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-0305(97)00123-2     Document Type: Article

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