chapter 1 Example of the Chemical Ionization Process -- chapter 2 The Ionization Process -- chapter 3 The Ionization Process -- chapter 4 Introduction -- chapter 5 Field Ionization (FI) and Field Desorption (FD) -- chapter 6 Coronas, Plasmas, and Arcs -- chapter 7 Introduction -- chapter 8 Introduction -- chapter 9 Background -- chapter 10 Z-Spray Combined Inlet/Ion Source -- chapter 11 Thermospray and Plasmaspray Interfaces -- chapter 12 Particle-Beam Interface -- chapter 13 Dynamic Fast-Atom Bombardment and Liquid-Phase Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (FAB/LSIMS) Interface -- chapter 14 Plasma Torches -- chapter 15 Problems of Sample Introduction -- chapter 16 Problems of Sample Introduction -- chapter 17 Problems of Sample Introduction -- chapter 18 Introduction -- chapter 19 The Nature of an Aerosol -- chapter 20 Hybrid Orthogonal Time-of-Flight (oa-TOF) Instruments -- chapter 21 Hybrid Magnetic-Sector Time-of-Flight (Sector/TOF) Instruments -- chapter 22 Hybrid Hexapole Time-of-Flight (Hexapole/TOF) Instruments -- chapter 23 Hybrid Quadrupole Time-of-Flight (Q/TOF) Instruments -- chapter 24 Mass Analysis of Ions -- chapter 25 Equations of Motion of Ions -- chapter 26 Equations of Motion of Ions -- chapter 27 Introduction -- chapter 28 Point Ion Collectors (Detectors) -- chapter 29 Introduction -- chapter 30 Introduction -- chapter 31 Measurement of m/z Ratios by Time-of-Flight Instruments -- chapter 32 Introduction -- chapter 33 Introduction -- chapter 34 Linked Scanning and Metastable Ions in Magnetic-Sector Mass Spectrometry -- chapter 35 Gas Chromatography (GC) and Liquid Chromatography (LC) -- chapter 36 Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) -- chapter 37 Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) -- chapter 38 Atomic and Molecular Mass: Fragment Ion Mass -- chapter 39 Objectives in Buying a Mass Spectrometer -- chapter 40 Introduction -- chapter 41 Environmental Laws -- chapter 42 Multibase Arithmetic -- chapter 43 Introduction -- chapter 44 Data Processing -- chapter 45 Genetics -- chapter 46 Introduction -- chapter 47 Isotope Ratios in Routine Mass Spectrometry -- chapter 48 Variations in Isotope Ratios -- chapter 49 Transmission of Ions through Inhomogeneous RF Fields.