Mass spectrometry for chemists and biochemists

by R. A. W. Johnstone

Mass spectrometry is a versatile analytical technique in widespread use in industry, laboratories and universities. Its ability to identify and quantify materials quickly and, if necessary, in minute amounts, makes it an ideal method for solving analytical problems in a huge variety of fields, such as chemistry, biochemistry, space research, health, archaeology, forensic science, pharmaceutical chemistry, industrial research, and environmental science. This book introduces the basis of mass spectrometry, covers the full range of commonly used techniques, and describes a wide variety of applications. The authors adopt an instructional approach and make use of recent examples to illustrate important points. The second edition updates the first by removing much of the material on older techniques where those methods have been superseded. It includes an impressive and extended range of applications of mass spectrometry that have developed in the last ten years, in particular the analysis o