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What is a mass spectrometer? How does it work?

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Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique that measures the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are typically presented as a mass spectrum, a plot of intensity as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio.

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Tip your bucket into a mass spectrometer. It turns the atoms into ions Then it will separate the ions by passing them first through an electric field, then through a magnetic field, so they fan out into a spectrum

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