Mass Spectrometry: A Textbook

This fourth edition of the highly successful textbook, acclaimed for its comprehensiveness, accuracy, and excellent illustrations and photographs once again comes with markedly updated coverage.It continues to be your companion from undergraduate to graduate studies in chemistry, biochemistry, and other natural sciences, and aims to hold its value when serving as a hands-on reference in the course of professional life. Starting from the very principles of gas phase ion chemistry and isotopic properties, it guides you through mass spectral interpretation, the design of mass analyzers, tandem mass spectrometry, hyphenated techniques, and the vast range of ionization methods.Step by step, you will understand how mass spectrometry works and what it can do as a powerful tool in your hands. · This textbook comprises fifteen chapters that can be read independent of each other. · The chapters of this fourth edition have been restructured into three main sections for an improved organization of