Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Subtitle: Ultrasensitive Analysis for Global Science
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: March 25, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780849345388
Subjects: Atomic & molecular physics; Mass Spectrometry; Science/Mathematics; Spectroscopy; Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Radioactive dating; Microscopes & Microscopy; Chemistry - Analytic; Physics; Science / Chemistry / Analytic; Accelerator mass spectrometry; Industrial applications
First sentence: Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is an ultra-sensitive technique for isotopic analysis in which atoms extracted from a sample are ionized; accelerated to high energies; separated according to their momentum, charge, and energy; and then individually counted after identification as having correct atomic number and mass.