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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah, it was definitely meant to mean the Ion Probe Analysis, a technique that uses a focused beam of hydrogen ions to to probe the surface of a material to measure its elemental composition and isotopic ratios.