Instrument: Mass Spectrometer
General term for instruments used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions; generally used to find the composition of a sample by generating a mass spectrum representing the masses of sample components.
Water samples were analyzed by continuous mass flow spectrometry on a GasBench-Delta V system.
The remaining sample material was then analyzed by flash combustion (>1000 degrees C) using a Carlo Erba NA 1500 elemental analyzer interfaced by continuous-flow mass spectrometer (Delta-Plus XL).