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::Eugen Goldstein | ::[[Eugen Goldstein]] observes [[canal rays]]. | ||
:'''1898''' | :'''1898''' | ||
::Wilhelm Wien | ::[[Wilhelm Wien]] demonstrates that canal rays can be deflected using strong electric and magnetic fields. | ||
== 20th Century == | == 20th Century == | ||
:'''1905''' | :'''1905''' | ||
:: | ::[[Joseph John Thomson]] begins his study of positive rays. | ||
:'''1906''' | |||
Thomson is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases" | |||
:'''1919''' | :'''1919''' | ||
:: Francis Aston | :: [[Francis Aston]] constructs the first velocity focusing mass spectrograph with mass resolving power of 130. | ||
:'''1922''' | :'''1922''' | ||
::Aston is awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry "for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule." | ::Aston is awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry "for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule." | ||
:'''1931'' | |||
::[[Ernest O. Lawrence]] invents the [[cyclotron]]. | |||
:'''1934''' | |||
::[[Josef Mattauch]] and [[Richard Herzog]] develop the double-focusing mass spectrograph. | |||
:'''1936''' | |||
::[[Arthur J. Dempster]] develops the spark ionization source. | |||
:'''1937''' | :'''1937''' | ||
::Aston constructs a mass spectrograph with resolving power of 2000. | ::Aston constructs a mass spectrograph with resolving power of 2000. | ||
:'''1939''' | |||
::Lawrence receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for the cyclotron. | |||
:''''1948''' | |||
::The first commercial mass spectrometer, the Vickers MS-2, is introduced. | |||
:'''1989''' | |||
::[[Wolfgang Paul]] receives the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the development of the ion trap technique" | |||
== 21st Century == | == 21st Century == | ||
:'''2002''' | :'''2002''' | ||
::John Fenn | ::[[John Fenn]] and [[Koichi Tanaka]] are awarded one-quarter of the Nobel Prize in chemistry each "for the development of soft desorption ionisation methods ... for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules." | ||
=External Links= | =External Links= | ||
Revision as of 13:03, 26 April 2006
19th Century
- 1886
- Eugen Goldstein observes canal rays.
- 1898
- Wilhelm Wien demonstrates that canal rays can be deflected using strong electric and magnetic fields.
20th Century
- 1905
- Joseph John Thomson begins his study of positive rays.
- 1906
Thomson is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases"
- 1919
- Francis Aston constructs the first velocity focusing mass spectrograph with mass resolving power of 130.
- 1922
- Aston is awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry "for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule."
- '1931
- Ernest O. Lawrence invents the cyclotron.
- 1934
- Josef Mattauch and Richard Herzog develop the double-focusing mass spectrograph.
- 1936
- Arthur J. Dempster develops the spark ionization source.
- 1937
- Aston constructs a mass spectrograph with resolving power of 2000.
- 1939
- Lawrence receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for the cyclotron.
- '1948
- The first commercial mass spectrometer, the Vickers MS-2, is introduced.
- 1989
- Wolfgang Paul receives the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the development of the ion trap technique"
21st Century
- 2002
- John Fenn and Koichi Tanaka are awarded one-quarter of the Nobel Prize in chemistry each "for the development of soft desorption ionisation methods ... for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules."
