Abstract

During the last few years intense effort has been aimed at devising sources for obtaining mass spectra of solids directly. Such sources include field desorption, fission fragment desorption, secondary ion mass spectrometry, fast-atom bombardment, and laser mass spectrometry. A commercially available laser microprobe mass specrometer (LAMMA-1000) provides the possibility for routine use to obtain laser mass spectra (LMS) of solids in the middle mass range.

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