Isotopic Analysis: Fundamentals and Applications Using ICP-MS

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 540
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Edited by a very well-known and respected scientist in the field, this excellent practical guide is the first to cover the fundamentals and a wide range of applications, as well as showing readers how to efficiently use this increasingly important technique.
A must-have guide for newcomers as well as established scientists seeking an overview of ICP-MS.

Content:
Chapter 1 The Isotopic Composition of the Elements (pages 1–29): Prof. Dr. Frank Vanhaecke and Kurt Kyser
Chapter 2 Single?Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (pages 31–75): Prof. Dr. Frank Vanhaecke
Chapter 3 Multi?Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (pages 77–91): Michael Wieser, Johannes Schwieters and Charles Douthitt
Chapter 4 Advances in Laser Ablation–Multi?Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (pages 93–112): Takafumi Hirata
Chapter 5 Correction of Instrumental Mass Discrimination for Isotope Ratio Determination with Multi?Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (pages 113–137): Juris Meija, Lu Yang, Zoltan Mester and Ralph E. Sturgeon
Chapter 6 Reference Materials in Isotopic Analysis (pages 139–163): Jochen Vogl and Wolfgang Pritzkow
Chapter 7 Quality Control in Isotope Ratio Applications (pages 165–187): Thomas Meisel
Chapter 8 Determination of Trace Elements and Elemental Species Using Isotope Dilution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (pages 189–233): Klaus G. Heumann
Chapter 9 Geochronological Dating (pages 235–274): Marlina A. Elburg
Chapter 10 Application of Multiple?Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry to Isotopic Analysis in Cosmochemistry (pages 275–315): Mark Rehkamper, Maria Schonbachler and Rasmus Andreasen
Chapter 11 Establishing the Basis for Using Stable Isotope Ratios of Metals as Paleoredox Proxies (pages 317–350): Laura E. Wasylenki
Chapter 12 Isotopes as Tracers of Elements Across the Geosphere–Biosphere Interface (pages 351–372): Kurt Kyser
Chapter 13 Archeometric Applications (pages 373–390): Prof. Dr. Patrick Degryse
Chapter 14 Forensic Applications (pages 391–418): Martin Resano and Prof. Dr. Frank Vanhaecke
Chapter 15 Nuclear Applications (pages 419–434): Scott C. Szechenyi and Michael E. Ketterer
Chapter 16 The Use of Stable Isotope Techniques for Studying Mineral and Trace Element Metabolism in Humans (pages 435–494): Thomas Walczyk
Chapter 17 Isotopic Analysis via Multi?Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry in Elemental Speciation (pages 495–517): Vladimir N. Epov, Sylvain Berail, Christophe Pecheyran, David Amouroux and Olivier F. X. Donard