"With the Grumman ADP-30SD we now process three times as many samples without increasing our costs'.'
p e r i m e n t s n o t previously accessible. Ordinarily, t h e details of e x p e r i m e n t a l m e a s u r e m e n t , a l t h o u g h crucial t o those working in t h e field, are relative ly u n i n t e r e s t i n g t o chemists in gener al. I n t h i s article, we h o p e t o h a v e shown t h a t by t a k i n g t h e t i m e t o see how a d o u b l e - p a n balance should best be used, it is possible to e n c o m p a s s a wide s p e c t r u m of spectroscopic appli cations of direct chemical interest. References
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