Mass-spectrometry Definition

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(physics, analytical chemistry) An analytical technique that measures the mass / charge ratio of the ions formed when a molecule or atom is ionized, vaporized and introduced into a vacuum. Mass spectrometry may also involve breaking molecules into fragments - thus enabling its structure to be determined.

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mass-spectrometry
Plural:
mass spectrometries

Mass-spectrometry Sentence Examples

  • Technologies such as two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry are used here.

  • All samples were analyzed by high resolution gas chromatography coupled with high or low resolution mass spectrometry (GC-MS) at CSL.

  • In peptide mass mapping the resolved proteins are digested with trypsin and the derived peptides accurately sized using mass spectrometry.

  • The laboratory method used to detect high blood phenylalanine concentrations is tandem mass spectrometry.

  • Recently (Feb 2006) I joined Prof C.V. Robinson's mass spectrometry group to continue structural investigation of eukaryotic ribosomes.

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