Inorganic Mass Spectrometry
Principles and Applications
Chapter One
History of Mass Spectrometric
Techniques
In its history, mass spectrometry has passed through fascinating scientific epochs of development
and supplied important contributions to the world view in quite different fields of science (especially
in the life sciences, environmental science and technology, material and nuclear sciences,
geosciences, cosmochemistry, planetary and forensic sciences) and in basic studies in chemistry
and physics.
Mass spectrometry is more than 100 years old and has yielded basic results and profound insights
for the development of atomic physics. The rapid development of nuclear physics, in particular,
would be unthinkable without the application of mass spectrometric methods. Mass spectrometry
has contributed to conclusive ... read full excerpt from Inorganic Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications ebook
