Spectrometer (Noun)
Meaning
Spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The mass spectrometer is an analytical instrument that separates and measures the mass of ions based on their mass-to-charge ratio.
- Researchers used a quadrupole mass spectrometer to identify the molecular structure of the newly discovered compound.
- A time-of-flight mass spectrometer was employed to characterize the rapid fragmentation of peptides in the sample.
- The experimental setup consisted of an ion source, a mass spectrometer, and a data acquisition system to collect the mass spectral data.
- A sensitivity test was conducted by analyzing the same sample using two different types of mass spectrometers to compare the results.