Lounge of the Lab Lemming

I'm a geochemical soldier of fortune. In the past three years I've fixed mass spectrometers, blasted sapphires with a laser beam, explored for uranium in a nature reserve, and measured growth patterns in fish ears. My main interest is in-situ mass spectrometry, but I have a soft spot in my heart for thermodynamics, drillers, and cosmochemistry.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Where the side shows are lightyears from the main tent...

Carnival of Space 108.
Carnival of Space 109.
Carnival of Space 100.

Posted by Chuck at 8:50 PM  

Labels: Outta this world, Worth leaving the lounge

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  • GeoReM reference material database
  • Chart of the Nuclides
  • Nuclide mass table (nuclide chart is MeV, not mAMU)
  • X-ray emission lines (pdf)
  • HEASARC energy converter
  • Mindat.org
  • Webelements (Annoying periodic table)
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