Nuclear applications of inorganic mass spectrometry

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 845-859

  De Laeter, John ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Double beta decay; Extinct radionuclides; Metrological protocols; Nuclear physics; Nucleosynthesis; Solar System abundances

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC WEIGHTS; CROSS-SECTION MEASUREMENT; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; EXTINCT RADIONUCLIDES; HALF LIVES; ISOTOPE ABUNDANCE; ISOTOPE DILUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; METROLOGICAL PROTOCOLS; NEUTRON CAPTURE; NUCLEAR APPLICATION; NUCLEAR ASTRO-PHYSICS; NUCLEAR PARAMETERS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; PLANETARY SCIENCE; PRIMITIVE METEORITES; SCIENCE COMMUNITY; SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION; TEST MODELS;

ASTROPHYSICS; EXPERIMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLAR SYSTEM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77957821312     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20273     Document Type: Article

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