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This monograph is Volume V of a miniseries devoted to (i) practical aspects of applica-
tions of mass spectrometry for the study of gaseous ions confined in ion traps, and (ii)
treatments of the theory of ion confinement in each ion-trapping device. Volumes I–III
were published in 1995 under the title Practical Aspects of Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry.
Volume III, Chemical, Environmental and Biomedical Applications, is a companion
to Volumes I and II, subtitled Fundamentals of Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry and
Ion Trap Instrumentation, respectively. Volumes I–III are concerned principally with
the history, theory, and applications of the quadrupole ion trap and, to a lesser degree,
of the quadrupole mass filter. Volume V, published in 2009 under the title Practical
Aspects of Trapped Ion Mass Spectrometry, and subtitled Applications, is a compa-
nion to Volume IV, subtitled Theory and Instrumentation. The contents of Volume IV
are given following the conclusion of this preface.