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A Deep-sea Chemical Sniffing Bloodhound

Learn why WHOI deployed a compact, deep-sea mass spectrometer—an underwater "bloodhound"—to sniff and analyze trace chemicals in the ocean.

Mass spectrometers are often big and delicate instruments that require their own environmentally controlled rooms. WHOI engineer Rich Camilli developed one that scientists can bring into the depths to sensitively detect and measure tiny amounts of chemicals.  (Matt Valano)

By Matt Villano :: Originally published online December 1, 2008

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