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Nature volume 422, pages 129–130 (2003)Cite this article

Bombarding a material with an ion beam provides valuable information about its surface composition. Ion guns that fire polyatomic ions can reveal more detailed information and cause less damage to the sample.

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Figure 1: Surface analysis using secondary-ion mass spectrometry (SIMS).

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