SIMS stable isotope measurement: Counting statistics and analytical precision

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-83

  Fitzsimons, I C W ^a,c   Harte, B ^a   Clark, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical precision; Calibration; Mass fractionation; Poisson counting statistics; Secondary ion mass spectrometry; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 0034110808     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646100549139     Document Type: Article

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