The mass spectrometer for stable Metal Isotopes
Channel: Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
Date: 2017-11-16

How can we measure isotopes? The metal isotope ratios are measured with multicollector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS): vaporisation, atomisation and ionisation of the sample in the plasma, followed by magnetic mass separation and simultaneous detection of several isotope abundancies.

A science animation designed and produced by:

Friedhelm von Blanckenburg, GFZ Potsdam
Andreas Schulz, Filmbüro Potsdam

DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.3.3.2017.007