Oh chemistry, how I loathe thee.

Due to long long hours spent studying for the chemistry exam that is finally finally over with, there hasn't been much that is blogworthy going on lately. So I borrowed this from Leah, and voilà! Insta-post! I grabbed the book closest to me, turned to page 56, started with the 5th sentence, and typed a few in.

"Ions with larger mass are deflected less; ions with smaller mass are deflected more. This deflection essentially sorts the ions by mass because most of them have the same +1 charge. The deflected ions pass through to a detector, which measure the ions as a current that is directly proprtional to the number of ions. This allows the determination of the relative abundance of the various ions in the sample."

Unfortunately, as luck would have it, the book nearest me just happens to be a chemistry book.