Accelerator mass spectrometry
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 |
| Accelerator mass spectrometry |
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| Mass spectrometry technique in which atoms and molecules from a sample are ionized, accelerated to MeV energies and separated according to their momentum, charge, and energy, allowing high discrimination for measurement of isotope abundances. |
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| Reference(s):
Y.-F. Liu, Z.-Y. Guo, X.-Q. Liu, T. Qu, J.-L. Xie. Pure Appl. Chem. 66, 305 (1994). (DOI: 10.1351/pac199466020305) |
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. |
Orange Book
| ORANGE BOOK DEFINITION
IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979 (see also Orange Book 2023) |
| Accelerator mass spectrometry |
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An ultra-sensitive technique using tandem accelerators employed mainly for the study of long-lived radioisotopes, and stable isotopes at very low abundances (10-12 - 10-15). |
| IUPAC 1997 Orange Book Chapter 12 |
| Index of Orange Book Terms |
Gallery
Accelerator mass spectrometer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
