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Laser fluorination line at UNM

Laser fluorination line at UNM
Laser fluorination line at UNM The laser fluorination line at the University of New Mexico’s Center for Stable Isotopes is used by planetary scientists to convert silicates and oxides into oxygen gas for high-precision triple oxygen isotope measurements, a technique used by Tony Gargano, postdoctoral fellow at the Lunar and Planetary Institute with the University Space Research Association and research affiliate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)