The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry - 9780080438016

The Encyclopedia of Mass SpectrometryVolume 6: Ionization Methods\nAuthor(s): Michael L. Gross, Richard Caprioli\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, United Kingdom\nImprint: Elsevier Science Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780080438016, 978-0080438016\nSynopsis\nVolume 6: Ionization Methods captures the story of molecular ionization and its phenomenal evolution that makes mass spectrometry the powerful method it is today. Chapters 1 and 2 cover fundamentals and various issues that are common to all ionization ([url] accurate mass, isotope clusters, and derivatization). Chapters 3-9 acknowledge that some ionization methods are appropriate for gas-phase molecules and others for molecules that are in the solid or liquid states. Chapters 3-6 cover gas-phase molecules, dividing the subject into: (1) ionization of gas-phase molecules by particles ([url] EI), (2) ionization by photons, (3) ionization by ion-molecule and molecule-molecule reactions ([url] APCI and DART), and ion.