ISOTOPIC RATIO MEASUREMENT AT ABUNDANCE SENSITIVITIES GREATER THAN 1: 10**1**5: A COMPARISON BETWEEN MASS SPECTROMETRY AT keV AND MeV ENERGIES.

K. H. Purser; Peter Williams; A. E. Litherland; J. D. Stein; H. A. Storms; H. E. Gove; C. M. Stevens

ISOTOPIC RATIO MEASUREMENT AT ABUNDANCE SENSITIVITIES GREATER THAN 1: 1015: A COMPARISON BETWEEN MASS SPECTROMETRY AT keV AND MeV ENERGIES.

K. H. Purser, Peter Williams, A. E. Litherland, J. D. Stein, H. A. Storms, H. E. Gove, C. M. Stevens

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Abstract

The mass abundance sensitivities of the best conventional mass spectrometers are about 10** minus **1**0 in the uranium region and 10** minus **1**1 for low masses. This is about five orders of magnitude below several measurements that have been made using the new accelerator-centered mass spectrometry technique. The reasons for this dramatic increase in sensitivity are discussed. As an example, a tandem accelerator-centered double mass spectrometer is analyzed. It is pointed out that with suitable ion sources the accelerator-centered technique has the potential of unambiguously detecting a single atom of specific mass and atomic number for many elements.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research
Pages	487-498
Number of pages	12
Volume	186
Edition	1-2
State	Published - Jul 1 1980
Externally published	Yes
Event	Electroman Isot Sep and Tech Relat to their Appl, Proc of the Int Conf, 10th, Zinal - Duration: Sep 1 1980 → Sep 6 1980

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Other	Electroman Isot Sep and Tech Relat to their Appl, Proc of the Int Conf, 10th, Zinal
Period	9/1/80 → 9/6/80

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Purser, KH, Williams, P, Litherland, AE, Stein, JD, Storms, HA, Gove, HE & Stevens, CM 1980, ISOTOPIC RATIO MEASUREMENT AT ABUNDANCE SENSITIVITIES GREATER THAN 1: 10**1**5: A COMPARISON BETWEEN MASS SPECTROMETRY AT keV AND MeV ENERGIES. in Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. 1-2 edn, vol. 186, pp. 487-498, Electroman Isot Sep and Tech Relat to their Appl, Proc of the Int Conf, 10th, Zinal, 9/1/80.

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