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What Mass Does the Mass Spectrometer Measure?

April 26, 2017mass measure spectrometer

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What Mass Does the Mass Spectrometer Measure?

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The mass spectrometer is used to measure the mass of particles, not the average over molar quantities. For a natural sample (ie, one that is not enriched to favor one particular isotope), we observe different peaks for the different isotopes present.