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Optimization techniques for improving the precision of isotopic analysis by thermal ionization mass spectrometry, taking strontium, neodymium, lead, and osmium as examples

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Pages 85-90 | Received 26 Jun 2015, Accepted 16 Aug 2015, Published online: 13 Nov 2015

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