Trends in Sample Preparation

摘要

"Sample Preparation" is a broad term, one that ran be used in many contexts and applications. In fact, al a recent seminar, which focused on sample preparation", it was clear that there were nearly as mam definitions nf sample preparation as there were presenters and attendees. l'or the sake of this article, then, sample preparation is defined as the preparation of samples containing know n or unkimu n analytes for analysis using gas Kit!) or liquid chromatography (I.C.I wilh detection by mass spectrometry IMS), tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS), conventional detectors, or a combination of these.