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Recent Examples on the Web Then, a technique called gas chromatography-mass spectrometry is used to separate and identify each chemical compound to create something like a recipe, or a template for historians. — Star Tribune, "What does history smell like?," 25 Dec. 2020 As many as 1,500 to 2,800 chemicals would leach out and, using high-resolution mass spectrometry, the team methodically identified and analyzed these compounds. — Rosanna Xia Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Scientists solve mystery of mass coho salmon deaths. The killer? A chemical from car tires," 3 Dec. 2020 By analyzing the condensates using mass spectrometry, Davis hopes to pinpoint which concentrations of these molecules could indicate a likely immune system overreaction. — Keith Gillogly, Wired, "Could Breathalyzers Make Covid Testing Quicker and Easier?," 15 Sep. 2020 Most of the Novichok molecule would remain linked to one of the fragments and would be easy to detect by mass spectrometry, says Oksana Lockridge, a toxicologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, "How German military scientists likely identified the nerve agent used to attack Alexei Navalny," 8 Sep. 2020 But for the liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry portion of the research, Longin did have to filter the beer. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "The chemistry of what makes sour beer so sour," 24 Aug. 2020 The mass spectrometry data will be particularly useful in determining whether the trace compounds are byproducts from the activity of yeast and bacteria or derive from the barrels in which the sour beer is aged. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "The chemistry of what makes sour beer so sour," 24 Aug. 2020 By running mass spectrometry on one of the site’s exigent 52 stones, the researchers were able to match its trace elements to a site in England where that rock was likely mined. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, "Scientists Have Solved the Biggest Mystery of Stonehenge," 31 July 2020 Researchers used mass spectrometry to analyze patients’ proteomes, or sets of proteins, in biological material. — Fox News, "Protein biomarkers in COVID-19 patients' blood could predict disease severity and save lives, study says," 11 June 2020

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“Mass spectrometry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mass%20spectrometry. Accessed 16 Jan. 2021.