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The following table provides guidance in the recognition and interpretation of spurious signals (m/z peaks) that will sometimes be observed in mass spectra
This chapter will provide an overview of the thermal techniques available to study nanoparticles, including thermogravimetric analysis, calorimetry and
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A comprehensive guide to the calibration, use, and maintenance of the alanine-EPR metrology system for high-dose radiation dosimetry is presented. Alanine
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Sarah Slaughter, Douglas Thomas, Robert E. Chapman
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Because of the very powerful and common application of mass spectrometry with gas chromatography, the various technologies warrant more detailed consideration
In the interpretation of results from a particular technique, one often must evaluate the performance of the measurement on the basis of objective measures that
The literature of gas and liquid chromatography frequently contains schematic diagrams that depict analytical apparatus and peripherals. The interpretation of
Engineered safety equipment is preferred over the reliance on personal protective equipment, and the fume hood is one such engineered safety device that is
This is an education and outreach effort that we have undertaken for the benefit of the Photon Sciences Users' Executive Committee. The UEC is the group that
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Allan H. Harvey, William T. Parry, James C. Bellows, John S. Gallagher, Richard D. Harwood
This is an update of the standard ASME "Steam Tables" book, giving tables and charts of thermodynamic and transport properties for water and steam, along with
Ultracold atoms in optical lattices can realize nearly perfect analogs to condensed matter model systems without the complexity present in materials. In this
Sergio Cova, Massimo Ghioni, Mark A. Itzler, Joshua Bienfang, Alessandro Restelli
There is nowadays a widespread and growing interest in low-level light detection and imaging. This interest is driven by the need for high sensitivity in
Environmental metabolomics is a rapidly growing area of research, and over the last decade the focus has been on organism responses to various types of
This chapter focuses on two atomic force microscopy (AFM) methods for nanomechanical characterization: force modulation microscopy (FMM) and contact resonance