The gas-chromatograph mass-spectrometer (GC-MS), an instrument for in-situ measurements of volatiles in planetary atmospheres and lithospheres

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 543, 2004, Pages 151-158

  Goesmann, Fred ^a   Hilchenbach, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER HARDWARE; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METEORITES; SOILS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE RESEARCH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EARTH MASS; LITHOSPHERES; MARTIAN ORGANIC RESIDUE EXPERIMENT (MORE); TERRESTRIAL TRACE ANALYSIS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 22144471162     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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