What is a mass spectrometer used for?

Answer 1

A spectroscope works by breaking light into the wavelengths (or spectra) that make it up. Some spectroscopes are made of diffraction grating- a material that has lots of little parallel lines that are approximately one wavelength apart. There may be 35,000 of these little lines in one inch of the material. When light hits the lines, it bends. Different wavelengths (colors) of light bend by different amounts, so it splits the light into its colors. Other spectroscopes are made of prisms- as light passes through the glass, the different wavelengths slow down by different amounts and are bent into their colors. Scientists can tell the elements present in a star by looking at its light through a spectroscope. Each element will have its own unique spectral lines of color, just as people each have a unique fingerprint.

Answer 2

The mass spectrometer is an instrument which can measure the masses and relative concentrations of atoms and molecules. It makes use of the basic magnetic force on a moving charged particle. After ionization,acceleration and selection of single velocity particles the ions move into a mass spectrometer region where the radius of the path and thus the position on the detector is a function of the mass.

Answer 3

In science, a mass spectrometer is a piece of equipment used to measure the weight of charged particles. This is done by combining both electric and magnetic fields to make those measurements.

Answer 4

spectrometers are based on the method of the Energy-Dispersive-X-Ray-Fluorescence analysis (ED-XRF). The atoms in the sample material, which could be any solid, powder or liquid, are excited by X-Rays emitted from a X-Ray tube or radioisotope. For increasing sensitivity the primary excitation radiation can be polarised by using specific targets between the X-Ray tube and the sample (ED-P(olarisation)-XRF). All element specific X-Ray fluorescence signals emitted by the atoms after the photoelectric ionisation are measured simultaneously in a fixed mounted semi-conductor detector or sealed gas-proportional counter.

Answer 5

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