• donnachaidh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Nah, nah, it was the International Phonetic Alphabet. Can’t have something like that on the 'murican internet.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      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.