mass spectrometer

mass spectrometer

n.

A mass spectroscope that records its data electronically.

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mass spectrometry n.

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mass spectrometer

Noun

an instrument for analysing the composition of a sample of material, in which ions, produced from the sample, are separated by electric or magnetic fields according to their ratios of charge to mass

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mass spectrometer - spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer spectrometer mass spectrograph - a mass spectrometer that produces a graphical representation of the mass spectrum prism spectroscope, spectroscope - an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis