Laser post-ionization secondary neutral mass spectrometry for ultra-trace analysis of samples from space return missions

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 241, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 356-360

  Veryovkin, Igor V ^a   Calaway, Wallis F ^a   Emil Tripa, C ^a   Moore, Jerry F ^a   Wucher, Andreas ^b   Pellin, Michael J ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); IONIZATION; LASERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPACE RESEARCH; TRACE ANALYSIS;

LASER POST-IONIZATION (LPI); SECONDARY NEUTRAL MASS SPECTROMETRY (SNMS); SPACE RETURN MISSIONS;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 28044467733     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.07.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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