Robert Thomas (Scientific Solutions, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA)

Practical Guide to Icp-MS

A Tutorial for Beginners, Third Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting an in-depth discussion of the fundamental principles, analytical advantages, and practical capabilities of ICP-MS, this volume offers key concepts in a reader-friendly format suitable for novices. Written by an insider with more than 25 years experience in product development, customer support, and technical marketing for an ICP-MS instrument vendor, the book highlights this powerful ultra trace-element technique as a practical solution to real-world problems. The new edition covers new technologies and applications, and discusses nonstandard sampling accessories and much more.

Produktdetails

• Practical Spectroscopy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 818g
• ISBN-13: 9781466555433
• ISBN-10: 1466555432
• Artikelnr.: 36935981

Autorenporträt

Robert J. Thomas, GRIC, FRSC is principal of Scientific Solutions, a consulting company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, that serves the application, training, and technical writing needs of the trace element analysis user community. He has worked in the field of atomic spectroscopy (AS) for almost 40 years, with over 20 years' experience in ICP-MS applications, product development, and sales and marketing support at Perkin Elmer Instruments, Inc. He has written more than 80 technical publications covering a wide variety of atomic spectroscopic subject matter, from the fundamental principles of the technique, to articles solving real-world application problems with AA, ICP-OES, and ICP-MS analytical instrumentation.

Inhaltsangabe

An Overview of ICP-MS. Principles of Ion Formation. Sample Introduction.
Plasma Source. Interface Region. Ion-Focusing System. Mass Analyzers:
Quadrupole Technology. Mass Analyzers: Double-Focusing Magnetic Sector
Technology. Mass Analyzers: Time-of-Flight Technology. Mass Analyzers:
Collision/Reaction Cell and Interface Technology. Ion Detectors. Peak
Measurement Protocol. Methods of Quantitation. Review of Interferences.
Sample Preparation. Routine Maintenance. Alternative Sample Introduction
Techniques. Coupling ICP-MS with Chromatographic Techniques for Trace
Element Speciation. Common ICP-MS Applications. Emerging ICP-MS Application
Areas. Comparing ICP-MS with Other Atomic Spectroscopic Techniques. How to
Select an ICP Mass Spectrometer: Some Important Analytical Considerations.
Final Thoughts. Useful Contact Information. Glossary of ICP-MS Terms.
References. Index.