Book Description:
In the last 15 years more than 5000 research articles related to sector field instruments for elemental analysis have been published, demonstrating that this community is well-established and successful. This unique book focuses on the development of sector field mass spectrometers equipped with plasma (ICP or GD) sources, the instrumentation and applications in the field. Including a review of the peculiarities and performance of the instrumentation, the researcher will find this an invaluable current source of reference and discussion of the future trends. The book is written by worldwide renowned experts who have pioneered magnetic sector field spectrometry for inorganic analysis. Inter- and trans-disciplinary in nature, it will appeal to analytical chemists, geologists, environmentalists and instrument manufacturers.
About the Author:
Norbert Jakubowski studied physics at the University of Duisburg/Essen and completed his PhD in physics at the University of Hohenheim. He was a senior scientist at the Institute for Analytical Sciences, Dortmund and Berlin (from 1983 to 2009) and is now Head of BAM's Division I.1 Inorganic Chemical Analysis and Reference Materials (since July 2009). His research interests include inorganic trace and ultra trace analysis of liquids and solids by use of ICP-MS and GD-MS, elemental speciation analysis and development of elemental tags for quantitative detection of biomolecules. He has received awards including the Alan Date Memorial Award from VG Elemental, Surrey, GB (1990), Zimmer International Scholar from University of Cincinnati, USA (2005) and a Waters Symposium Award for Pioneers in ICP-MS (2006). Thomas Prohaska is professor for analytical chemistry at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU). He studied Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology, received his PhD with summacum laude in 1995 and became scientific researcher at the BOKU Vienna to built up a laboratory for elemental trace analysis. From 1998 to 2000 he was researcher at the EC-joint research center IRMM in Belgium. Peter H. Roos studied biology at the Ruhr-University Bochum(Germany) with a focus on plant biochemistry. After his PhD thesis he turned towards biochemical processes in animals and humans (Universities of Dusseldorf, Aachen and Bochum) and focused his research on effects of toxic compounds in mammals and on carcinogenesis. He is currently lecturer in biochemistry and leader of the Molecular Toxicology group at the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (Dortmund).
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