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Production, separation, and detection of gas-phase ions according to mass-to-charge ratio, often with structural inference from fragmentation and exact mass.
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Mass spectrometry supports elemental, molecular, isotopic, and structural analysis through ion measurements.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
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Mass spectrometry tests an isotope-dilution amount estimate through measured isotope ratios after spike equilibration, blank correction, fractionation control, and a stated measurement equation.
The source theory, law, entity, prediction, or structural claim is directly tested, supported, constrained, or established by the target experiment or observation. Experimental support is not final logical proof; the edge detail states exactly what was measured.
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Aston’s positive-ray mass spectrograph demonstrated chemically consequential isotopic mass patterns and the analytical power of mass-to-charge separation.
The source theory, law, entity, prediction, or structural claim is directly tested, supported, constrained, or established by the target experiment or observation. Experimental support is not final logical proof; the edge detail states exactly what was measured.
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A mass-spectrometric workflow ionizes analyte species before separating and detecting the resulting gas-phase ions; the ionization method can fragment, adduct, or otherwise alter what is observed.
A physical process transforms the source into, or produces, the target under the conditions stated in the edge detail.
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Isotope-ratio mass spectrometry specializes mass spectrometry to calibrated relative ion-signal measurements, where mass discrimination, isobaric overlap, chemical preparation, and reference materials limit the inferred isotope ratio.
A more specific theory, model, entity class, or regime is obtained by restricting or extending the scope of a broader framework.
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