mass spectroscope

mass spectroscope
Physics.
an instrument used to determine the masses of small, electrically charged particles.
[1955-60]

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mass spectroscope,
any one of various devices utilizing magnetic fields, electric fields, or both, and used especially for separating, weighing indirectly, and studying isotopes, and atomic particles. The mass spectrograph and the mass spectrometer are two types of mass spectroscopes. »

In the simplest mass spectroscope, electrons bombard a gas at low pressure (Alfred O. Nier).


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