Practical Guide to ICP-MS: A Tutorial for Beginners, Second Edition(Practical Spectroscopy)

Whatever your ICP-MS experience, you probably know that there are many textbooks compiled and edited by academics that approach ICP-MS from a purely theoretical and fundamental perspective, but there aren't any books that provide a practical perspective of the technique that are written specifically for the novice user. You'll be glad to know that

Table of Contents:
An Overview of ICP Mass Spectrometry. Principles of Ion Formation. Sample Introduction. Aerosol. Plasma Source. Interface Region. Ion-Focusing System. Mass Analyzers: Quadrupole Technology. Mass Analyzers: Double-Focusing Magnetic Sector Technology. Mass Analyzers: Time-of-Flight Technology. Mass Analyzers: Collision/Reaction Cell and Interface Technology. Ion Detectors. Peak Measurement Protocol. Measurement. Methods of Quantitation. Review of Interferences. Contamination Issues Associated with Sample Preparation. Routine Maintenance. Alternative Sample Introduction Techniques. Coupling ICP-MS with Chromatographic Techniques for Trace. ICP-MS Applications. Comparing ICP-MS with Other Atomic Spectroscopic Techniques. How to Select an ICP Mass Spectrometer: Some Important Analytical. Considerations. Glossary of ICP-MS Terms. Useful Contact Information.

Review :
Praise for the First Edition "Any new user of ICP-MS or anyone contemplating entering the field will find the Practical Guide to ICP-MS an essential first step. This book demystifies ICP-MS and shows readers just how accessible a technique it really is. … [It] is written clearly and is well organized. … As a practitioner of ICP-MS for more than 20 years, I highly recommend this book as a primer to students, new users, laboratory managers, and users of ICP-MS data. The price of the book is well worth investing for Chapter 20 alone, which deals with the selection criteria for instrument purchase. More-experienced users and teachers will find that this book is a useful source of information on the current state of ICP-MS and its place in analytical atomic spectrometry." —Spectroscopy Magazine"This book will be particularly useful to students and analytical chemists who are about to use an ICP-MS, and also those in management who might have a basic understanding of atomic spectroscopic techniques but not necessarily ICP-MS. … [The author] hoped the book might find a place on the analyst's desk or by the instrument and would be well used. Indeed, this is where my copy will probably be found." —The Analyst "… a valuable introduction to the subject for anyone interested in ICP-MS. … [a] highly informative book … . " —Today's Chemist at Work"…[this book] highlights everything from basic component descriptions and features to guidelines describing where and when…ICP-MS is most appropriately employed….I look forward to seeing this book used in many training programs, classrooms, and analysis laboratories." —Ramon M. Barnes, Director, University Research Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst