DIY mass spectrometer measures potassium in dietary salt substitute

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as an expert-made DIY build that explains why the apparatus is designed as it is, though one commenter notes a missing baseline run.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Applied Science

Topic

diy mass spectrometry

Format

demo

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• You'd be interested in Ben Krasnow's DiY attempt. It's still understandable but he tries to explain why it's built the way it is and give you a good basis of the theory of operation. [VIDEO]

• You might like - [VIDEO] ( DIY mass spectrometer measures potassium in dietary salt substitute ) by Ben Krasnow

• The channels that I had in mind when I wrote that are channels by experts in their fields, which somehow often happen to be low production value - because you know real scientists are about substance, not style :-) So here's a random one in …