Mass Spectrometry: A Textbook

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Springer Science & Business Media, Feb 14, 2011 - Science - 753 pages

This book offers a balanced mixture of practice-oriented information and theoretical background as well as numerous references, clear illustrations, and useful data tables. Problems and solutions are accessible via a special website. This new edition has been completely revised and extended; it now includes three new chapters on tandem mass spectrometry, interfaces for sampling at atmospheric pressure, and inorganic mass spectrometry.

 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Principles of Ionization and Ion Dissociation
21
3 Isotopic Composition and Accurate Mass
67
4 Instrumentation
117
5 Practical Aspects of Electron Ionization
222
6 Fragmentation of Organic Ions and Interpretation of EI Mass Spectra
249
7 Chemical Ionization
351
8 Field Ionization and Field Desorption
381
10 Fast Atom Bombardment
479
11 MatrixAssisted Laser DesorptionIonization
507
12 Electrospray Ionization
560
13 Ambient Mass Spectrometry
621
14 Hyphenated Methods
651
15 Inorganic Mass Spectrometry
685
Appendix
717
Subject Index
735

9 Tandem Mass Spectrometry
415

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About the author (2011)

Jürgen H. Gross is head of the mass spectrometry facility at the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the University of Heidelberg, Germany