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spectrometer

spek tro muh ter

  • n  spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer

  • Fortnight ago international physicists at Rome inspected his multiple crystal spectrometer.
  • A thermal-emission spectrometer will study background radiation for clues to rock composition; another spectrometer will look for minerals and iron; a third will emit X rays and .
  • This squat robot with a swiveling head can "taste" wine using infrared light sensors and a spectrometer in its left arm.
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  • Greg Aldering in Science Daily (press release)
    Aldering says, "Type Ia spectrometry is mostly done to find out whether or not a supernova actually is a Type Ia. Often it's with a slit spectrometer that loses a lot of light in some wavelengths or with filtered photometry that selects for certain...
  • Colin Pillinger in EurekAlert (press release)
    The Wellcome Trust had the foresight to see that the miniaturisation process needed to develop a mass spectrometer capable of fitting onto a spacecraft could have applications far closer to home,says Professor Pillinger. "It is very...
  • Steve Squyres in Science Daily (press release)
    We have a perfectly functioning Moessbauer spectrometer, and given that we are now perched atop the hematite capital of the Solar System, that's a good thing,Squyres said.

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