Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The measurement of wave-lengths by means of a spectrometer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) Art or process of using a spectrometer, of any type; -- when used alone, it usually refers to the use of a spectrometer using light in the visible, infrared, or ultraviolet region.
- noun the art or process of using a mass spectrometer to analyse chemical samples.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics, analytical chemistry The measurement of the
wavelength ofelectromagnetic radiation , especially any of severaltechniques used toanalyze thestructure ofmolecules ; the measurement ofspectra of things other than radiation, such as themasses of molecules and their breakdown products
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- noun the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
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Examples
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Mass spectrometry is a very important analytical method used in practically all chemistry laboratories the world over.
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Mass spectrometry is a very widely used method for small and medium-sized molecules.
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Doping and drug tests, foodstuff control and environmental analysis are examples of areas where mass spectrometry is now in routine use.
Information for the Public - The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002 2002
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Levin has been regularly measuring carbon-14 content in air samples from Germany using a version of a Geiger counter, but Tans and other researchers have recently turned to accelerator mass spectrometry, which is faster and easier to scale up.
Scientific American 2010
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Mass spectrometry, which is most sensitive in the low molecular weight range, is now a tool used to explore these modified protein molecules and has already revealed a vast number of previously unknown biomarkers.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010
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The Lab uses cutting-edge techniques of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging for metabolite analysis and clinical diagnoses.
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These include metabolite measurements for plasma, urine and cerebrospinal fluid amino acids using ion exchange chromatography, urine organic acids using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and total and free carnitine levels and quantitative acylcarnitine profiles using electrospray tandem mass spectrometry.
Laboratory Rotation 2010
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Like flow cytometry, gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, the technologies used to detect the presence of the chemicals used in the production of plastic, are well established.
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I find it hard not to raise a quizzical eyebrow when I hear about the initiatives of the avant garde such as champagne house GH Mumm's quest to find the perfect dishes to match with its very good non-vintage champagne, where "gas chromatography, solid phase micro-extraction and mass spectrometry" were all brought to bear on this most urgent of questions.
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A critical new facility is our triple-stage tandem mass spectrometry unit which allows for the mass screening of dozens of different inherited metabolic disorders.
Laboratory Rotation 2010
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