Modern Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry

ISBN-13: 9780471974161 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 536 str.

I. Platzner;Platzner

Opis

A volume that covers different techniques in mass spectrometry from the well established and now routinely used, such as electron impact and thermal ionization, to inductively coupled plasma IRMS, and also more specialized and less frequently used ones such as gas chromatography, spark source, fast atom bombardment, secondary ion and laser ablation IRMS. The bulk of the book is an element by element review, with the emphasis on techniques and instrumentation. This section is broken down into 94 elements and examples are used from all disciplines. The multi-disciplinary nature of the subject is stressed in a separate applications chapter which includes determination of atomic weights, determination of physical and nuclear constants, geological ages, nuclear science and technology studies, extra-terrestrial atmosphere studies, medical, biological and nutrition studies, food authentication and adulteration control, chemical reaction mechanism studies and the isotope dilution technique.

Recenzje

"Chapter 9 alone merits anyone involved in isotope measurement, from the dedicated researcher to undergraduates, buying, borrowing, and using any method possible to get a copy of this invaluable comprehensive review"(Chromatographia, July 2001)

Spis treści

Partial table of contents:

INSTRUMENTATION.

Historical Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometers.

Second Generation Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometers.

Advanced Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry III: Quadrupole Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry.

PROCESSES AND APPLICATIONS.

Ion Formation Processes.

Isotope Ratio Measurement Procedures.

Calculations.

Appendices.

Indexes.

O autorze

Itzhak Thomas Platzner is chief chemist and head of the mass spectrometry laboratory at the Nuclear Research Center–Negev (NRCN), Israel. He received his PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science,Israel in 1966 in photochemistry and spectroscopy of phosphorus compounds,for which he gained his first experience in isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS). Since he established the mass spectrometry laboratory at NRCN in 1967, he has worked extensively in isotope ration analysis. His current research interests include IRMS of solids and gases and applications of ICP–MS to IRMS. In between leading the mass spectrometry laboratory at NRCN, he has spent several sabbatical years abroad. In 1973 he spent a year at the University of Notre Dame in the US where he worked on radiolysis and laser photochemistry of organic compounds. In 1981 he returned to the US to spend a year at the University of Minnesota where he worked on plasma chemistry and ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. At VG Elemental, UK, in 1992, he worked on the development and applications of a double focusing, multiple collector ICP–MS. In 1993 he spent a year in Italy where he worked on quadrupole ICP–MS. Dr Platzner is a key figure in the Israeli Society for Mass Spectrometry (President 1988–90) and in the international mass spectrometry community.

Blurb

I. T. Platzner Atomic Energy Commission, Israel Including contributions from instrument manufacturers! Geological aging, chemical reaction mechanism studies, determination of atomic weights and investigation of metabolic pathways–these are all examples of the truly diverse nature of isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS). With applications in fields as far apart as analytical chemistry and astronomy, geochemistry and biomedical science, it is little wonder that this technique is becoming increasingly popular. In Modern Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry,the first comprehensive book written on the subject for twenty–five years, examples from all these areas, and many more,are given. All modern developments in this fascinating field are discussed with special attention paid to technical details and instrumentation. Features of the book include:
∗ comprehensive element–by–element review including 94 elements
∗ applications chapter which stresses multi–disciplinary nature of subject
∗ instrumentation chapter with contributions from three leading industrialists on state–of–the–art instrumentation