English Explanatory Dictionary

mass spectrometry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An analytical technique that measures the mass / charge ratio of the ions formed when a molecule or atom is ionized, vaporized and introduced into a vacuum. Mass spectrometry may also involve breaking molecules into fragments - thus enabling its structure to be determined.

Word forms

mass spectrometry mass spectrometries

Related words

mass spectrometer mass spectrum

Derived words

accelerator mass spectrometry secondary ion mass spectrometry time-of-flight mass spectrometry
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