Laser-based methods for ultrasensitive trace-isotope analyses

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 74, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 1169-1179

  Lu, Z T ^a   Wendt, K D A ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATOM TRAP TRACE ANALYSIS (ATTA); LASER SPECTROSCOPY;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037348274     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1535232     Document Type: Review

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