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Observation of metastable transitions in a high performance mass spectrometer / K.R. Jennings -- Potential energy surfaces for unimolecular reactions of organic ions / Richard D. Bowen and Dudley H. Williams -- Structures of gas-phase ions from collisional activation spectra / F.W. McLafferty -- Ion chemistry via kinetic energy spectrometry / R.G. Cooks -- Field ionization kinetic studies of gas-phase ion chemistry / N.M.M. Nibbering -- Organic trace analysis using direct probe sample introduction and high resolution mass spectrometry / William F. Haddon -- Introduction to gas chromatography/high resolution mass spectrometry / B.J. Kimble -- Analytical applications of postive and negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry / Donald F. Hunt and Satinder K. Sethi -- Investigations of selective reagent ions in chemical ionization mass spectrometry / K.R. Jennings -- Selectivity in biomedical applications / Catherine Fenselau -- Prognosis for field desorption mass spectrometry in biomedical application / Charles C. Sweeley, Bernd Soltmann, and John F. Holland -- Mass spectrometry applications in a pharmaceutical laboratory / D.A. Brent, C.J. Bugge, P. Cuatrecasas, B.S. Hulbert, D.J. Nelson, and N. Sahyoun -- Detection and identification of minor nucleotides in intact deoxyribonucleic acids by pyrolysis electron impact mass spectrometry / J.L. Wiebers -- Ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry analysis of petroleum and coal products / H.E. Lumpkin and Thomas Aczel -- Organic mixture analysis by metastable ion methods using a double-focusing mass spectrometer / E.J. Gallegos -- Multielement isotope dilution techniques for trace analysis / J.A. Carter, J.C. Franklin, and D.L. Donohue -- Computer applications in mass spectrometry / F.W. McLafferty and R. Venkataraghavan -- Structure elucidation based on computer analysis of high and low resolution mass spectral data / Dennis H. Smith and Raymond E. Carhart.