Gas Chromatography And Mass Spectrometry

Key Features
* Condenses and organizes recent and essential information for new and experienced GC/MS users
* Comprehensively indexed and referenced
* Includes practical methods of analysis
* Serves as a text reference for short practical courses on the subject

Audience: Researchers, students, and technicians in biochemistry, biotechnology, protein science, and many areas of biological, biomedical, and medical research will be interested. Also interesting to an international audience for use as a handbook and text reference.

This guide provides under one cover a wealth of practical information designed to enhance the effectiveness of the GC/MS user. Separation conditions for numerous compound types are provided along with those for derivatized and underivatized compounds. A section on how to interpret mass spectral data, extensive correlations of ion masses and neutral losses with possible structures, and examples of mass spectra are provided to further aid structure determination. Also included are basic information on instrumentation, ionization methods, and quantitation; tips on the operation of mass spectrometers; the best derivatization procedures for a variety of compound types; troubleshooting techniques; and a variety of other information helpful to the practicing user of GC/MS instrumentation. Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry is of immediate value to the novice as well as to the experienced GC/MS user who may not have the breadth of knowledge covered in this book.

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Incorporates practical information necessary for successful GC/MS operation into a single source, useable by the novice as well as the experienced GC/MS user. Included are a practical review of GC/MS technology, details of conditions for separating 29 specific compounds (the heart of the book), a section on using ions for determining unknown structures, and 12 appendices. Spiral wire binding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)