Fundamentals of mass spectrometry
By: Kenzo Hiraoka, editor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781461472322; 9781461472339
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Mass spectrometry
Description: Most research and all publications in mass spectrometry address either applications or practical questions of procedure. This book, in contrast, discusses   the fundamentals of mass spectrometry. Since these basics (physics, chemistry, kinetics, and thermodynamics) were worked out in the 20th century, they are rarely addressed nowadays and young scientists have no opportunity to learn them. This book reviews a number of useful methods in mass spectrometry and explains not only the details of the methods but the theoretical underpinning.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Collision theory: basic explanation for collisions in mass spectrometry  -- Shigeo Hayakawa; title: Unimolecular dissociations in mass spectrometry  -- Toshihide Nishimura; title: Fundamental aspects of the photoionization of molecules  -- Kenichiro Tanaka, Inosuke Koyano; title: Chemical reactions induced by core electron excitations  -- Shin-ichi Wada, Kenichiro Tanaka; title: Superexcited states of molecules  -- Noriyuki Kouchi; title: Ion mobility spectrometry with mass spectrometry  -- Toshiki Sugai; title: Gas-phase ion/molecule reactions  -- Kenzo Hiraoka; title: Fundamentals of electrospray  -- Kenzo Hiraoka; title: MALDI: a very useful UV light-induced process...that still remains quite obscure  -- Rosa Erra-Balsells; title: Cluster SIMS -- Kenzo Hiraoka.