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This essay summarises the author’s admittedly partial thoughts on the applications of the Mössbauer effect. After a short overview of the history of Mössbauer effect and Mössbauer spectroscopy, we focus on recent difficulties of the applications of the method. These emerge from the complexity of Mössbauer spectroscopy, which is now extensively used by experts of other fields. Finally the plan of setting up a Web-based Encyclopaedia of Mössbauer Spectroscopy is put forward.
International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect, 2007.
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Nagy, D.L. (2008). Mössbauer effect: a dual method for myriad applications. In: Gajbhiye, N.S., Date, S.K. (eds) ICAME 2007. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78697-9_2
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