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What can mass spectrometry do for you?

  • Identify structures of biomolecules, such as carbohydrates, nucleic acids and steriods
  • Sequence biopolymers such as proteins and oligosaccharides
  • Determine how drugs are used by the body
  • Perform forensic analyses such as conformation and quantitation of drugs of abuse
  • Analyze for environmental pollutants
  • Determine the age and origins of specimens in geochemistry and archaeology
  • Identify and quantitate compounds of complex organic mixtures
  • Perform ultrasensitive multielement inorganic analyses

 

 

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