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Professor: Alex Sessions, NM 108a, x6445, als@gps.caltech.edu
TA: Alex Phillips, L&R 101, alex.phillips@caltech.edu

Lecture: Thursdays, 10:30-12:00 (N Mudd 215)

Lab: Thursdays, 1:30-4:00 (Electronics shop, S Mudd)


Lecture schedule:

1. Electricity and power
2. Vacuum pumps
3. Vacuum systems
4. Inlet systems
5. Ionization Sources
6. Mass analyzers
7. Detectors
8. Data systems


Related reading:

Muccio and Jackson, 2009. Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry.

Brand, 2004. Mass spectrometer hardware for analyzing stable isotope ratios.

© Alex Sessions 2019