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A '''mass spectrometer''' is a device invented in the [[20th century]] on [[Earth]] that is still used in the [[24th century]] aboard [[Federation]] [[starship]]s, and that can measure the mass-to-charge ratio of [[ion]]s. |
A '''mass spectrometer''' is a device invented in the [[20th century]] on [[Earth]] that is still used in the [[24th century]] aboard [[Federation]] [[starship]]s, and that can measure the mass-to-charge ratio of [[ion]]s. |
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| − | When [[Doctor]] [[Beverly Crusher]] was caught in a [[warp bubble]] created by her [[Wesley Crusher|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. ( |
+ | When [[Doctor]] [[Beverly Crusher]] was caught in a [[warp bubble]] created by her [[Wesley Crusher|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}}) |
When the the [[dilithium chamber hatch]] aboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|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. |
When the the [[dilithium chamber hatch]] aboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|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. |
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| − | They later, by means of a [[microtomographic analysis]] of the [[Dilithium crystal chamber|dilithium chamber]] and the hatch mounting, detected sub-micron fractures in the metal casing, a breakdown in the [[atom]]ic cohesive structure. This meant that [[neutron fatigue]] caused the explosion, not [[sabotage]] by the [[Klingon]] [[exobiology|exobiologist]] [[J'Dan]], as was originally suspected. ( |
+ | They later, by means of a [[microtomographic analysis]] of the [[Dilithium crystal chamber|dilithium chamber]] and the hatch mounting, detected sub-micron fractures in the metal casing, a breakdown in the [[atom]]ic cohesive structure. This meant that [[neutron fatigue]] caused the explosion, not [[sabotage]] by the [[Klingon]] [[exobiology|exobiologist]] [[J'Dan]], as was originally suspected. ({{TNG|The Drumhead}}) |
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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.
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")
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.
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")