Mass Spectrometry in Environmental Sciences

✍ Scribed by R. K. Boyd (auth.), F. W. Karasek, O. Hutzinger, S. Safe (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 584
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

During the past ten years a variety of methods involving mass spectrom­ etry have been developed for the analysis of environmentally important compounds. Much has been accomplished in that period to solve some of the important problems in the field. Growth of this methodology and its accomplishments has reached the point where an individual scientist can no longer have an in-depth knowledge of all the areas involved. We have attempted to provide this in-depth picture to those scientists con­ cerned by having the important topics treated by experts in the subject matter. In order to provide all the relevant material in one volume we begin with the general topics which provide the basic background material necessary to understand the techniques discussed in the in-depth topics. These general chapters are kept brief, containing only the essentials needed by the working scientist to deal with the practical applications. References in these chapters are chosen to permit a more complete study of each chapter. The concept for this book was developed during the activities of two of the editors under a NATO travel grant. These editors gratefully acknowledge this support which made the initial planning of this book possible. The editors would like to thank the individual authors of each chap­ ter for their cooperation and generously giving of their time for this project.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
General Principles of Analytical Mass Spectrometry....Pages 1-19
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry/Computer Instrumentation....Pages 21-47
Field Desorption and Field Ionization....Pages 49-76
Positive and Negative Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry....Pages 77-91
Use of Pyrolysis/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry in Environmental Analysis....Pages 93-100
Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry....Pages 101-121
Mass Spectral Retrieval and Interpretation Systems....Pages 123-137
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry in Water Pollution Studies....Pages 139-158
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry in Air Pollution Studies....Pages 159-193
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons....Pages 195-207
Polychlorinated Biphenyls....Pages 209-255
Polychlorodibenzo- p -Dioxins and Polychlorodibenzofurans....Pages 257-296
DDT and Related Compounds....Pages 297-310
Volatile Halocarbons....Pages 311-340
Phthalates and Related Plasticizers....Pages 341-351
Organometallic Compounds....Pages 353-365
Mass Spectrometry of Carbamates, Thiocarbamates, Dithiocarbamates, Urea, Thiourea, and Carboxanilide Pesticides....Pages 367-404
Mass Spectrometry of Chlorinated Polycyclic Hydrocarbon Pesticides....Pages 405-422
Triazine Herbicides....Pages 423-435
Other Herbicides....Pages 437-454
Organophosphorus Compounds....Pages 455-474
Fungicides....Pages 475-504
Pyrethroids....Pages 505-520
Mass Spectrometry of Some Female Lepidopteran Sex Pheromones and Related Compounds....Pages 521-536
Mass Spectrometry of N-Nitrosamines....Pages 537-549
Other Industrial Pollutants and Natural Toxins....Pages 551-558
Back Matter....Pages 559-578

✦ Subjects

Environment, general; Analytical Chemistry