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What is the significance of Oxygen-18 in paleoclimatology?
Determining the temperature of precipitation over time
What field did Mildred Cohn pioneer the usage of isotopes in?
Medicine
How are cations formed in a mass spectrometer?
By losing one or more electrons
What happens to cations in a mass spectrometer after being charged?
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Which isotope of zirconium has the highest relative abundance?
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What is the role of a mass spectrometer in chemical analysis?
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How does a mass spectrometer detect ions?
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What does a mass spectrum plot show?
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What contribution did Mass Spectrometry make to modern atomic theory?
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What is the significance of Oxygen-18 in paleoclimatology?
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How does a mass spectrometer work in terms of analyzing samples?
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What was Mildred Cohn's contribution to using isotopes?
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How are ions detected in a mass spectrometer?
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What is the role of a mass spectrometer in environmental science?
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What makes Oxygen-18 important for studying metabolic pathways?
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What field benefits from using isotopes as tracers?
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How does mass spectrometry contribute to forensic science?
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Which statement accurately describes the process in a mass spectrometer?
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What is the role of Oxygen-18 in paleoclimatology?
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How did Mildred Cohn contribute to the field of isotopes?
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What is the most abundant isotope of zirconium?
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What is the significance of mass spectrometry in chemical analysis?
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How do mass spectrometers work in terms of detecting ions?
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