Spectroscopy-01-01-2009

Spectroscopy previews the upcoming IFPAC Annual Meeting, to be held January 25–28, 2009, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Columnist Ken Busch discusses the ability to "dial in" resolving power as needed in newer trap mass analyzers, which shows promise for speciation analysis in ICP-MS with chromatographic separation of sample components.

Spectrometer discovers signs of active cryovolcanoes on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

The author discusses what the future holds for the field of optics.

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The coupling of HPLC with ICP-MS is a relatively new technique that combines two very well established analytical methods. The combination of these analytical methods provides what could prove to be a very useful technique in clinical analysis. The total LC-ICP-MS market amounts to only a few percent of the overall ICP-MS market, but it is rapidly developing into a significant niche market.

Columnist David ball discusses the history of the units system used by scientists and several of the base units themselves.

Gas sensing in the mid-infrared region is examined.