Publisher's Synopsis
This text presents a topical review of the wide range of spectroscopic techniques developed and employed in recent years. It exhibits the links between a great variety of spectroscopic methods, some aspects of which can be overlooked by practitioners. In doing so it should prompt new ideas and suggest opportunities to scientists using these techniques.;The book embraces all analytical spectroscopy techniques, ranging from the spectroscopic imaging of polyethylene to the use of mass spectrometry on spacecraft.
