A miniature laser ablation time-of-flight mass spectrometer for in situ planetary exploration

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2159-2164

  Rohner, Urs ^a   Whitby, James A ^a   Wurz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elemental and isotopic composition; Laser ablation; Mass spectrometry; Planetary exploration

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; ROCKS; SOILS;

PLANETARY EXPLORATION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ABLATION; LASER; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0346911473     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/14/12/017     Document Type: Article

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