Market: Those involved in laboratory chemical analysis, atmospheric
chemistry, and atomic and molecular physics. Long regarded as the
standard introduction to the field, Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry and Its
Applications provides today's engineers and scientists with an
authoritative, wide-ranging overview of the development and uses of
quadrupoles. Beginning with the basic operating principles of quadrupole
devices, the book moves from general explanations of the actions of
radio-frequency fields to descriptions of their utilization in
quadrupole mass filters, monopoles, three-dimensional quadrupole ion
traps, and various time-of -flight spectrometers. A concluding series of
chapters examines fundamental applications of quadrupoles in atomic and
subatomic physics, gas chromatography, upper atmospheric research,
medicine, and environmental studies.