Measuring amount ratios of gas isotopes by two primary methods

Metrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-16

  Aregbe, Y ^a   Valkiers, S ^a   Mayer, K ^a   De Bievre P ^a   Wessel, R M ^b   Alink, A ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Nederlands Meetinstituut NMi   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOGADRO CONSTANT; GAS ISOTOPES; SYNTHETIC GAS COMPOUND MIXTURES;

GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXTURES; XENON;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 0031673015     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/35/1/2     Document Type: Article

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