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Decoding dat files from a Thermo Element ICP Mass Spectrometer

We present the internal structure of the binary data files generated by the data acquisition software of a Thermo Element TM ICP mass spectrometer. This gives researchers access to the raw intensities measured during an analysis, rather than relying on the results produced by the Thermo “Result Display” software. In addition to describing the file format, we also provide a Python module called ExtractDat that when run as an application produces a CSV file of the information in a binary data file, and can also be used as a library to extract the information for use in other third-party software.

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