Isotopic analysis : fundamentals and applications using ICP-MS /

• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vanhaecke, Frank, Degryse, Patrick
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2012]
• Subjects: Isotopes.; Chemistry, Analytic.; Chemistry.; Science.; SCIENCE > Chemistry > Physical & Theoretical.; Isotopenhäufigkeit; ICP-Massenspektrometrie; Electronic books.

"Edited by a very well-known and respected scientist in the field, this excellent practical guide is the first to cover the fundamentals and a wide range of applications, as well as showing readers how to efficiently use this increasingly important technique. A must-have guide for newcomers as...

Table of Contents:

• Isotopic Analysis: Fundamentals and Applications Using ICP-MS; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1: The Isotopic Composition of the Elements; 1.1: Atomic Structure; 1.2: Isotopes; 1.3: Relation Between Atomic Structure and Natural Abundance of Elements and Isotopes; 1.4: Natural Isotopic Composition of the Elements; 1.4.1: Elements with Radiogenic Nuclides; 1.4.1.1: Radioactive Decay; 1.4.1.2: Elements with Radiogenic Nuclides; 1.4.2: Effects Caused by Now Extinct Radionuclides; 1.4.3: Mass-Dependent Isotope Fractionation; 1.4.3.1: Isotope Fractionation in Physical Processes.