Monthly Archives: May 2011

Why do we keep going on about xenon?

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Those of you who have been following this blog may have noticed that there are quite a number of posts about xenon. We even have a special mass spectrometer which can only measure xenon. But why? Why are we so … Continue reading

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How small is small?

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Our RELAX instrument measures the ratios of different xenon isotopes. We can analyse samples so small that they contain fewer than a thousand atoms of xenon. The graphic below gives you an idea of how small an amount of material … Continue reading

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