Download or read book Fundamentals of Mass Spectrometry written by Kenzo Hiraoka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most research and all publications in mass spectrometry address either applications or practical questions of procedure. This book, in contrast, discusses the fundamentals of mass spectrometry. Since these basics (physics, chemistry, kinetics, and thermodynamics) were worked out in the 20th century, they are rarely addressed nowadays and young scientists have no opportunity to learn them. This book reviews a number of useful methods in mass spectrometry and explains not only the details of the methods but the theoretical underpinning.