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Mass spectrometry basics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herbert, Christopher G.
Other Authors: Johnstone, R. A. W. (Robert Alexander Walker)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Mass Spectrometry > Collected Works.
Mass Spectrometry > Handbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Chemical ionization
  • Laser desorption ionization (LDI)
  • Electron ionization
  • Fast-atom bombardment (FAB) and liquid-phase secondary ion mass spectrometry (LSIMS) ionization
  • Field ionization (FI) and field desorption (FD)
  • Coronas, plasmas, and arcs
  • Thermal ionization (TI), surface emission of ions
  • Electrospray ionization (ESI)
  • Atmospheric-pressure ionization (API)
  • Z-spray combined inlet/ion source
  • Thermospray and plasmaspray interfaces
  • Particle-beam interface
  • Dynamic fast-atom bombardment and liquid-phase secondary ion mass spectrometry (FAB/LSIMS) interface
  • Plasma torches
  • Sample inlets for plasma torches, Part A : Gases
  • Pt. B : Liquid inlets
  • Pt. C : Solid inlets
  • Lasers and other light sources
  • Nebulizers
  • Hybrid orthogonal time-of-flight (oa-TOF) instruments
  • Hybrid magnetic-sector time-of-flight (sector/TOF) instruments
  • Hybrid hexapole time-of-flight (hexapole/TOF) instruments
  • Hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight (Q/TOF) instruments
  • Ion optics of magnetic/electric-sector mass spectrometers
  • Quadrupole ion optics
  • Time-of-flight (TOF) ion optics
  • Orthogonal time-of-flight (oa-TOF) ion optics
  • Point ion collectors (detectors)
  • Array collectors (detectors)
  • Comparison of multipoint collectors (detectors) of ions : arrays and microchannel plates
  • Time-to-digital converters (TDC)
  • Origin and uses of metastable ions
  • Linked scanning and metastable ions in quadrupole mass spectrometry
  • Linked scanning and metastable ions in magnetic-sector mass spectrometry
  • Gas chromatography (GC) and liquid chromatography (LC)
  • Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS)
  • Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS)
  • High-resolution, accurate mass measurement : elemental compositions
  • Choice of mass spectrometer
  • Analysis of peptides and proteins by mass spectrometry
  • Environmental protection agency protocols
  • Computers and transputers in mass spectrometers, Pt. A.
  • Pt. B.
  • Pt. C.
  • Introduction to biotechnology
  • Isotopes and mass spectrometry
  • Uses of isotope ratios
  • Variations in isotope ratios
  • Transmissions of ions through inhomogeneous RF fields