The Manchester Isolab 54 ion microprobe

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 99-131

  Saxton, J M ^a   Lyon, I C ^a   Chatzitheodoridis, E ^a,c   Perera, I K ^a,d   Van Lierde, P ^b,e   Freedman, P ^b,f   Turner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Fisons Instruments   (United Kingdom)

^c Erehthiou 29   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHARLES EVANS AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ion microprobe; Isolab 54; Isotopes; Osmium; Oxygen; RIMS; SIMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844434605     PISSN: 01681176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1176(96)04358-3     Document Type: Article

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