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The research and development work leading to the present-day wealth of instrumentation for mass spectrometry started around 1905, and applications of the technique grew in number and diversity along with the instrumentation. Until 1940, mass spectrometers were seldom found in laboratories other than those at a few centers of expertise, but substantial contributions by these laboratories to the identification and cataloging of stable isotopes and their nuclear masses helped build the data reservoir necessary for the birth of the era of nuclear energy, 1942–1945. Between 1945 and 1955, mass spectrometry became established as an accepted technique for research in chemical kinetics; for chemical analysis of gases, volatile and moderately volatile organic liquids, and petroleum fractions; and for thermodynamic and structural studies of solids. Since 1955, growth in the areas of instrumentation and application has been phenomenal, and many of the new developments have been of particular significance to the characterization of solid surfaces.

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McCrea, J.M. (1974). Mass Spectrometry. In: Kane, P.F., Larrabee, G.B. (eds) Characterization of Solid Surfaces. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4490-2_22

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