Miniature time-of-flight mass spectrometers for in situ composition studies

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 52, Issue 2-6, 2003, Pages 397-404

  Brinckerhoff, W B ^a   Cornish, T J ^a   McEntire, R W ^a   Cheng, A F ^a   Benson, R C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DESORPTION; INFRARED RADIATION; ION SOURCES; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANETS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

PLANETARY MISSIONS;

SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

EID: 0037241041     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00180-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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