Inorganic Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications [Hardcover]

Sabine Becker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470012005 | ISBN-13: 978-0470012000 | Publication Date: February 19, 2008 | Edition: 1

Providing an exhaustive review of this topic, Inorganic Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications provides details on all aspects of inorganic mass spectrometry, from a historical overview of the topic to the principles and functions of mass separation and ion detection systems. Offering a comprehensive treatment of inorganic mass spectrometry, topics covered include:

• Recent developments in instrumentation
• Developing analytical techniques for measurements of trace and ultratrace impurities in different materials

This broad textbook in inorganic mass spectrometry, presents the most important mass spectrometric techniques used in all fields of analytical chemistry. By covering recent developments and advances in all fields of inorganic mass spectrometry, this text provides researchers and students with information to answer any questions on this topic as well as providing the basic fundamentals for understanding this potentially complex, but increasingly relevant subject.

Editorial Reviews

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"This book fits very well into the curriculum for graduate courses in inorganic analysis and inorganic mass spectrometry … It is a pleasure to recommend this up-to-date and thorough book." (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, May 2008)

"A volume that belongs on the shelf of every practicing mass spectrometrist and worthy of consideration for any graduate level course dealing with the subject … .It is far more coherent and cohesive than most other volumes that are merely edited collections of individually written chapters." (International Journal of Mass Spectrometry)

"Standing ovations for this book! It is very homogenous, well written, excellently illustrated, and well rounded." (Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry, September 2008)

This overview would benefit researchers in all of these fields…may provide them with some useful answers would be well advised to secure a copy of this text. (Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2, 2008)

"This book fits very well into the curriculum for graduate courses in inorganic analysis and inorganic mass spectrometry. It will also server as an easy-to-use and extremely valuable source of information for all practitioners in the board field of mass spectrometry. It is a pleasure to recommend this up-to-date and thorough book." (Angewandte Chemie, 2008-47/23)

From the Back Cover

In organic mass spectrometry provides established analytical techniques to analyze know and unknown materials in respect to their elemental composition or species, to quantify the elemental concentration of major, minor and trace elements in any samples for the determination of the exact mass of isotopes and precise and accurate isotopic abundances or isotope ratios. Beginning with a historical overview of mass spectrometry, Inorganic Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications presents the fundamentals and instrumentation of the most important inorganic mass spectrometric techniques, describes a wide range of analytical methods and a multitude of applications.

This comprehensive work provides an insight into the state of the art of mass spectrometry in different challenging areas and recent developments and presents representative coverage of many topics. It is concerned with the most important types of mass spectrometers and presents an overview of new methodological developments and trends for analytical work and modern applications especially in survey, trace, ultratrace, surface (micro- and nanolocal analysis, imaging and depth profiling) and isotope analysis.

The first part of the book descries fundamentals of inorganic mass spectrometry (basic principles and developments of ion sources, ion separation systems and ion detectors) and instrumental developments in ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS, GDMS, SIMS, TIMS and other mass spectrometric techniques. The second part focuses on a multitude of quite different applications including:

• Materials science
• Environmental Science and environmental control
• Biology
• Bioengineering
• Medicine
• Food analysis
• Geology and geochemistry
• Cosmochemistry, planetary and space science
• Determination of long-lived radionuclides
• Forensic applications
• The study of cluster and polyatomic ion formation by mass spectrometry

Extensive appendices include a table of isotopic abundances, atomic mass and ionization energies of elements; a table of atomic weights of elements; and a list of standard reference materials for isotope ratio measurements.

Inorganic Mass Spectrometry, written by an author with extensive experience in research and teaching provides a balanced mixture of practice-oriented information and theoretical background that will prove useful to both new and established practitioners in this field.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 514 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (February 19, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470012005
• ISBN-13: 978-0470012000
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 1.2 x 9.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,478,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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