Better then a mass spectrometer?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22obweig.html
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a cantilevered carbon nanotube that sways like a diving board.
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By measuring the changes, researchers can calculate the mass of a single atom.
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tadchem - 24 Jul 2008 23:51 GMT
> Better then a mass spectrometer?
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22obweig.html
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...assuming it doesn't bounce off your diving board.
<I have spent a LOT of time doing quantitative mass spectrometry with
helium.>
Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA