Customer Reviews

Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications

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This book was the text in my first course in mass spectrometry. The book is a good introduction to MS for advanced undergrads and graduate students. I felt the book was very helpful, it covers the multitude of ionization sources, mass analyzers, and even tandem MS. I give it a thumbs up.

This is a good quick-reference book for mass spectrometry if you want some information available on your shelf without always having to look up in the literature. I do wish, though, that the book contained more information about interpretation of fragmentation peaks.

It is a must have for the Mass Spec beginner as well as the advanced with it's readily understood language and descriptions.

The theory, instrumentation and various applications of mass spectrometry are covered. The different types of ion sources and mass analyzers are discussed upfront at length and detectors are also touched upon. The chapters that follow deal with tandem MS, chromatographic coupling (rather brief), fragmentation reactions and the analysis of bio-molecules. This last topic is covered nicely and provides important details. The last chapter contains a series of exercises with the corresponding answers.

Numerous examples of real-life applications are presented, albeit briefly, and the text is generously supplemented with diagrams and tables. It is up to date on most topics and many useful references are supplied.

Overall the book presents a fairly complete overview of mass spectrometry and its applications, and the extent of the details given is appropriate for its scope, though I would have liked to see a more in-depth treatment of the ever more important topic of LC-MS and LC-MS-MS.

What I liked less about this book is that it often reads like a literal translation from another language. It could greatly benefit from a detailed review of the English language used.

I would rate it at 3.5 stars and would recommend it as a reference book or as a secondary reading for a graduate MS class.

This book sets great principles for the applications of mass spectrometry. My professor uses it for the bases of his lectures and then adds on what ever he thinks is necessary for a discussion. Good basic principles of mass spectrometry. Nothing in too much of detail but good enough for a basic understanding.

I received my book on the day it was promised. The book was cheap on Amazon compared to anywhere else. I trust them, I'm very much satisfied with the seller and will sure do business next time.