Issues and opportunites in Accelerator mass spectrometry for stable isotopes

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 470-484

  Matteson, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; AMS; Stable isotope mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AMS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; RADIO CARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE MASS SPECTROMETRY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; ASSET MANAGEMENT; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOELECTRONICS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES;

EID: 50149115774     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20174     Document Type: Article

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