“What we are talking about is something that monitors the environment in real time. This technology is practical because it is portable, rugged and accurate.”
“It's one thing to detect a substance, but it's another thing to be absolutely certain of its composition, which is what you get with mass spectrometry.”
“The two most important aspects are that this can be done at atmospheric pressure and just by heating a sample, a procedure which is much simpler than existing ionization methods using a laser or high-energy beam. The method does not require a high-voltage power source.”
