Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry: Technologies and Instrumentation

Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry: Volume One provides a comprehensive overview of the foundational principles, enabling technologies, and specific instruments of portable spectrometry. It is a timely resource that covers various spectroscopies, including XRF, UV-visible, near-infrared, mid-infrared, and Raman, and discusses microplasmas, LIBS, NMR, and portable mass spectrometry. The book is written by international authors and reviewed by experts to ensure quality and completeness. It is an indispensable guide for developers, purchasers, operators, and students of portable spectroscopy, and when combined with Volume Two, it offers the most thorough coverage of the field.

Format: Hardback
Length: 608 pages
Publication date: 06 May 2021
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry: Volume One is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource that provides a timely overview of the miniature technologies used in spectrometry, as well as an authoritative guide to the specific instruments employed in a wide range of disciplines. This much-needed resource is the first comprehensive work to describe the enabling technologies of portable spectrometry, explain how various handheld and portable instruments work, discuss their potential limitations, and provide clear guidance on optimizing their utility and accuracy in the field.

In-depth chapters, written by a team of international authors from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, have been carefully reviewed both by the editors and by third-party experts to ensure their quality and completeness.

Volume One begins with a general discussion of portable spectrometer engineering before moving through the electromagnetic spectrum to cover x-ray fluorescence (XRF), UV-visible, near-infrared, mid-infrared, and Raman spectroscopies. Subsequent chapters examine microplasmas, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and a variety of portable mass spectrometry instrument types.

Featuring detailed chapters on DNA instrumentation and biological analyzers, topics of intense interest in light of the global coronavirus pandemic, this timely volume provides comprehensive coverage of the principles and instruments central to portable spectroscopy. It includes contributions by experienced professionals working in instrument companies, universities, research institutes, the military, and hazardous material teams. Special topics such as environmental monitoring, food safety, and drug analysis are also discussed, making this volume an invaluable resource for researchers, scientists, and practitioners in a wide range of fields.

Weight: 1582g
Dimension: 258 x 207 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119636366
Edition number: Volume 1