Credit: (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Khadouja Harouaka (seated) and Isaac Arnquist prepare samples in an ultra-clean laboratory, which is necessary to ensure accurate mass spectrometry measurements.
Credit: (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
PNNL chemist Greg Eiden invented the collision cell, seen here, which allows scientists to more accurately tag and separate elements mixed together in samples.
Credit: (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Sample introduction for PNNL’s inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, which just set a new global standard for detecting ultra-low levels of radiation in gold samples.