The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry

The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Volume 5, provides a concise introduction and review of the current mass spectrometric methods that are used to measure isotope ratios and to determine elements, isotopes, inorganic compounds and organometallic compounds. In addition to accelerator mass spectrometry and isotope ratio mass spectrometry (for measurement of isotope abundances in nature), the work reviews ionization methods including plasma ionization, the formation of secondary ions and neutrals, laser desorption and ionization, thermal ionization and electron ionization.

* reviews the wide range of ionization and isotope methods used in inorganic mass spectrometry today
* features tutorials describing the key principles and instrumentation relevant to each method
* evaluates practical applications for the analysis of environmental, biological, biomedical, nutritional, geological, nuclear, microelectronic and extra-terrestrial materials
* includes more than 3400 references, 100 tables and 500 figures of which more than 200 are in color

Mass Spectrometry sample preparation, introduction and measurement; Plasma Ionization, Inductively Coupled Plasma , Other Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas; Electrospray Ionization for Inorganic Analysis, Measurement of metal ions; Secondary Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometry; Inorganic laser Desorption and Laser Ionization, Laser ionization cluster sources; Thermal ionization Mass Spectrometry; Accelerator mass spectometry and Instrumentation; Laboratory studies of atmospherically relevant species; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) and IRMS of light elements (C, H, O, N, S). Applications of techniques to measure the environment, geochemical, atmospheric, space, nuclear, medical and electronics.