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. 2019 Nov 28;55(1):e4454. doi: 10.1002/jms.4454

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Major milestones in the evolutionary history of mass spectrometry, applied for planetary exploration, show the variety of mass analyzers exploited to date and the progression from instruments offering limited analytical performance to those capable of enhanced science return (expanded mass ranges, higher mass resolving powers, etc). For an even more detailed history than that provided here, the reader is referred to Ren et al16