The role of mass spectrometry in atomic weight determinations

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-19

  De Laeter, John R ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atomic weight; Fundamental constants; Isotope fractionation; Isotopic composition; Mass spectrometry; Solar system abundances

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGRAPHIES; CADMIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLYBDENUM; PETROLEUM REFINING; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; WEIGHING;

ATOMIC WEIGHT; FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SOLAR SYSTEM ABUNDANCES;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

EID: 59349112217     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20193     Document Type: Article

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