The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 5: Elemental and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0080438040 ISBN 13: 9780080438047

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2008

Synopsis

Volume 5: Elemental and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry focuses on (1) the plethora of mostly atomic ionization techniques that have been coupled to MS for elemental analysis, the measurement of isotope ratios, and even the determination of inorganic compounds and (2) the precise measurement of isotope ratios of organic elements as small gas molecules by isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS).

• 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

About this title

About the Author:

Diane Beauchemin is Professor of Chemistry at Queen's University, Kingsland, Ontario, Canada. Her research efforts are focused on inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS), aiming to understand the limitations of this technique to identify ways of alleviating them and to expand the range of application of ICPMS (including to speciation analysis and the determination of bio-accessibility). She is considered such an authority that she is regularly invited to write a critical fundamental review on ICPMS by Analytical Chemistry, the analytical journal with the highest impact factor. In addition to these reviews, she has authored over 90 scientific publications, including books and several book chapters. She co-edited Volume 5 of the Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry (Elsevier 2010). From 2003 to 2006, she was President of the Canadian Society for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy.

Review:

"The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Volume 5: Elemental and isotope ratio mass spectrometry covers the subject almost entirely and serves as a reference work with links to specialist literature if more details are required. Therefore, this book can be recommended to all beginners, students, and experts working in this broad field."--Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0080438040
• ISBN 13: 9780080438047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1088
• Editor: Beauchemin Diane, Matthews Dwight