https://www.stf-wiki.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Mass_SpectrometerMass Spectrometer - Revision history2026-06-04T09:26:19ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.40.0https://www.stf-wiki.com/index.php?title=Mass_Spectrometer&diff=23086&oldid=prevNicesociety at 02:31, 22 February 20092009-02-22T02:31:38Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A mass spectrometer is a device invented in the 20th century on Earth that is still used in the 24th century aboard Federation starships, and that can measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions.<br />
<br />
When Doctor Beverly Crusher was caught in a warp bubble created by her son, she imagined Geordi La Forge running a mass spectrometer on all particulates in sickbay where she saw an energy vortex, all to no avail. (TNG: "Remember Me")<br />
<br />
When the the dilithium chamber hatch aboard the USS Enterprise-D exploded in 2367, La Forge and Data did mass spectrometer readings of the remains of the hatch to see if a chemical explosive was used, but did not find anything suspicious.<br />
<br />
They later, by means of a microtomographic analysis of the dilithium chamber and the hatch mounting, detected sub-micron fractures in the metal casing, a breakdown in the atomic cohesive structure. This meant that neutron fatigue caused the explosion, not sabotage by the Klingon exobiologist J'Dan, as was originally suspected. (TNG: "The Drumhead") <br />
<br />
[[Category:Engineering]]</div>Nicesociety