GC / MS

Updated and expanded, the classic guide to GC/MS helps chromatographers quickly learn to use this technique for analyzing and identifying compounds. After explaining the fundamentals, it discusses optimizing, tuning, using, and maintaining GC/MS equipment; explores advances in miniaturized and field-portable GC/MS systems and microfluidic components; and more. Complete with a CD-ROM, it covers applications in the environmental laboratory and in forensics, toxicology, and space science. This is the premier resource for professionals in those fields and for students.Ein Leitfaden für den Praktiker: Dieser Band bespricht den Einsatz der Gaschromatographie/Massenspektrometrie zur Identifizierung von Substanzen und zur Spurenanalyse. Zu den zentralen Themen gehören empirische Ansätze zur Optimierung der Methoden, Grundlagen der Wartung der Instrumente und die effiziente Verwendung von Spektrenbibliotheken. Neu in diese zweite Auflage aufgenommen wurden aktuelle Entwicklungen miniaturisierter und transportabler Systeme und Anwendungen mikrofluider Verbindungen. Chapter 1: Introduction.

Chapter 2: Sample Preparation and Introduction.

Chapter 3: The Gas Chromatograph.

Chapter 4: The Mass Spectrometer.

Chapter 5: Getting Started In GS/MS.

Chapter 6: Chromatographic Methods Development.

Chapter 7: Mass Spectrometer Setup and Operation.

Chapter 8: Data Processing and Network Interfacing.

Chapter 9: System Maintenance and Troubleshooting.

Chapter 10: GC/MS in the Environmental Laboratory

Chapter 11: GC/MS in Forensics, Toxicology, and Space Science.

Chapter 12: An Introduction to Structural Interpretation.

Chapter 13: Ion Trap GC/MS Systems.

Chapter 14: Other GC/MS Systems.

Chapter 15: An Introduction to LC/MS.

Chapter 16: Innovation in GC/MS.

Marvin C. Mcmaster, PHD, is a consultant and adjunct professor of chemistryat the University of Missouri–St. Louis, teaching courses on HPLC, GC/MS, LC/MS,and laboratory computing. He is a former researcher and product developerfor DuPont, Kraft Foods, and Ciba-Geigy, and previously worked as a technical sales support specialist for instrument companies. In addition to the first edition of this book, Dr. McMaster is the author of HPLC: A Practical User's Guide, Second Edition and LC/MS: A Practical User's Guide, both available from Wiley. The classic guide to GC/MS—now expanded and updated

The combination of gas liquid chromatography (GC) for separation and mass spectrometry (MS) for detection and identification of the components of a mixtureof compounds is rapidly becoming the definitive analytical tool in research and commercial analytical laboratories. GC/MS: A Practical User's Guide, Second Editionis a concise primer for the novice chromatographer who needs to get up to speed on using this technique to analyze and identify compounds for various applications. After chapters that explain the essential principles, this authoritative guide:

• Discusses the practical aspects of optimizing, tuning, using, and maintaining GC/MS equipment

• Explores recent advances in miniaturized and field-portable GC/MS systems and microfluidic components

• Covers applications in the environmental laboratory and in forensics, toxicology, and space science

• Features information on using spectral databases for identifying compounds

• Includes a CD-ROM with a PowerPoint® slide set, FAQs, tables, and a glossary

This is the reliable, hands-on resource on GC/MS for organic, analytical, clinical, environmental, and forensic chemists in all types of laboratories, as well as for students in these specialties.