Universidad del Quindío

Compilation of articles previously published in the series Back-to-basics.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-452) and index.

Chemical ionization (CI) -- Laser desorption ionization (LDI) -- Electron ionization (EI) -- Fast-atom bombardment (FAB) and liquid-phase secondary ion mass spectrometry (LSIMS) ionization -- Field ionization (FI) and field desorption (FD) -- Coronas, plasmas, and arcs -- Thermal ionization (TI), surface emission of ions -- Electrospray ionization (ESI) -- Atmospheric-pressure ionization (API) -- Z-spray combined inlet/ion source -- Thermospray and plasmaspray interfaces -- Particle-beam interface -- Dynamic fast-atom bombardment and liquid-phase secondary ion mass spectrometry (FAB/LSIMS) interface -- Plasma torches -- Sample inlets for plasma torches, part A : gases -- Sample inlets for plasma torches, part B : liquid inlets -- Sample inlets for plasma torches, part C : solid inlets -- Lasers and other light sources -- Nebulizers -- Hybrid orthogonal time-of-flight (oa-TOF) instruments -- Hybrid magnetic-sector time-of-flight (sector/TOF) instruments -- Hybrid hexapole time-of-flight (hexapole/TOF) instruments -- Hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight (Q/TOF) instruments -- Ion optics of magnetic/electric-sector mass spectrometers -- Quadrupole ion optics -- Time-of-flight (TOF) ion optics --Orthogonal time-of-flight (oa-TOF) ion optics -- Point ion collectors (detectors) -- Array collectors (detectors) -- Comparison of multipoint collectors (detectors) of ions : arrays and microchannel plates -- Time-to-digital converters (TDC) -- Origin and uses of metastable ions -- Linked scanning and metastable ions in quadrupole mass spectrometry -- Linked scanning and metastable ions in magnetic-sector mass spectrometry -- Gas chromatography (GC) and liquid chromatography (LC) -- Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) -- Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) --High-resolution, accurate mass measurement : elemental compostions -- Choice of mass spectrometer -- Analysis of peptides and proteins by mass spectrometry -- Environmental Protection Agency protocols -- Computers and transputers in mass spectrometers, part A. -- Computers and transputers in mass spcetometers, part B -- Computers and transputers in mass spectrometers, part C -- Introduction to biotechnology -- Isotopes and mass spectrometry -- Uses of isotope ratios -- Variations in isotope ratios -- Transmission of ions through inhomogenous RF fields.