#New ‘fingerprints’ added to chemical identification database
“#New ‘fingerprints’ added to chemical identification database” NIST research chemist Kelly Telu injects a sample into a mass spectrometer, a laboratory instrument that scientists use to identify unknown chemical compounds. Credit: M. Delorme/NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its database of chemical fingerprints, called mass spectra, that are used to…