5 Key Takeaways

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  The image features a NIST staff member using an early mass spectrometer from 1948.

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  The NIST mass spectral library is a leading database for identifying unknown organic compounds.

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  A significant update to the NIST mass spectral library was released on June 6, 2017.

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  The NIST mass spectral library is possibly the most widely-used database of its kind.

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