Stable isotope forensics:an introduction to the forensic application of stable isotope analysis

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meier-Augenstein Wolfram
Published: Wiley-Blackwell,
Publisher Address: Chichester, West Sussex Hoboken, NJ
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Developments in forensic science
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xxiv, 271 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780470517055
0470517050
Index Number: D919
CLC: D919.1
O611.7
Call Number: D919.1/M511
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
What are stable isotopes? -- Natural abundance variation of stable isotopes -- Chemically identical and yet not the same -- Isotope effects, mass discrimination and isotopic fractionation -- Stable isotopic distribution and isotopic fractionation of light elements in nature -- Stable isotope forensics in everyday life -- Summary of Part I -- Set problems -- Mass spectrometry versus isotope ratio mass spectrometry -- Instrumentation and [delta] notation -- Isotopic calibration and quality control in continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry.