Specialists in the field discuss the latest developments in particle size analysis, presenting an overview of state-of-the-art methodologies and data interpretation. Topics include commercial instrumentation, photon correlation spectroscopy, Fraunhofer Diffraction, field-flow fractionation, and detection systems for particle chromatography.

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...