Description
Most research and all publications in mass spectrometry address either applications or practical questions of procedure. This book, in contrast, discusses the fundamentals of mass spectrometry. Since these basics (physics, chemistry, kinetics, and thermodynamics) were worked out in the 20th century, they are rarely addressed nowadays and young scientists have no opportunity to learn them. This book reviews a number of useful methods in mass spectrometry and explains not only the details of the methods but the theoretical underpinning. Chapter 1 Basic Explanation for Collisions in Mass Spectrometry Chapter 2 Super-excited States of Molecules Chapter 3 Fundamental Aspects of Photoionization of Molecules Chapter 4 Chemical Reaction by Core Electron Excitation Chapter 5 Ion Mobility Spectrometry Chapter 6 Gas Phase Ion Molecule Reactions Chapter 7 Fundamentals of Electrospray Chapter 8 Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Chapter 9 Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry Chapter 10 Theory of Ion Fragmentation
