A time-of-flight mini-mass spectrometer: Aerosol collection, capture, and load-lock system

Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (Applied Physics Laboratory)

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 352-361

  Anderson, Charles W ^a   Carlson, Micah A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aerosol collector; Mass spectrometer; Particle separator; Vacuum load lock

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DETECTORS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS;

AEROSOL COLLECTORS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) MINI-MASS SPECTROMETERS; VACUUM LOAD LOCK;

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0032667271     PISSN: 02705214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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