Mass Spectrometry: Instrumentation, Interpretation, and Applications

Rolf Ekman (Editor), Jerzy Silberring (Editor), Ann M. Westman-Brinkmalm (Editor), Agnieszka Kraj, Dominic M. Desiderio, Nico M. Nibbering

ISBN: 978-0-471-71395-1

Hardcover

388 pages

December 2008

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Describes the basic techniques of mass spectrometry along with its more common applications
Details mass spectrometry's uses in organic and inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, forensic chemistry, and biological MS (proteomics, genomics, etc)
Contains a list of key terms and definitions
Provides an eminently practical focus, with contributions from MS users in the different fields
Includes a CD-ROM with tutorials for students, as well as a Web site with links to other resources for students and an FTP site with solutions and lecture preparation materials for instructors
Emphasizes the importance of using MS along with other techniques (e.g. chromatography) for more powerful analyses
Contains an introduction to the methodology and instrumentation, and then moves to mass spectra interpretation, the "-omics" and bioinformatics, and an appendix
Includes appendices with commonly used tables, as well as links to tutorials, software, databases, protocols, journals, and discussion groups
Contains chapter problems