Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry
In looking at the Minero detector with it's ion trap detector,makes me wonder if the idea came from a Ion Trap mass Spectrometer. The missing piece of the puzzle is the source of ionization.
I think I mentioned earlier in the March 7th,2007 edition of EE Times is an article called "Star Trek's 'tricorder' realized where Purdue University combined a mass spectrometer with a desorption electrospray ionization source. Out of my league to be sure and something Carl would have to really explain. But the good news it they predict once the unit gets in production should be around $2,000 (much cheaper than a minero) but has a very short range and can identify just about anything accurately.
Now there's the challenge to make a LRL mass spectrometer.
Randy
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