isomass

Noun

isomass

1. A condition of having the same mass.
   • If a packet of isomass ions is accelerated through the same potential difference, the ions will achieve an equal velocity and arrive at the detector with a time spread corresponding to their initial spatial distribution in the direction of the flight tube.2004, Klaus G. Heumann, Handbook of Elemental Speciation: Techniques and Methodology, →ISBN
   • In Fig. 4 the isomass lines of equal mₑₑ in the oscillation parameter space are shown, together with various bounds from existing and future reactor and accelerator oscillation experiments.2010, H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, Seventy Years of Double Beta Decay, →ISBN
2. The mechanism by which crystal formation tends toward spherical formations which minimize the surface to volume ratio.