An updated and expanded version of the first edition, which was published in 1993, Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Second Edition provides greater insight into this important analytical technique and its newly pioneered applications, including the rapid and advanced detection of explosives, chemical and biological warfare agents, and narcotics. The new edition incorporates 30 percent new or revised material, including recent applications such as explosive device detection at airports, chemical weapons detection, air quality monitoring, and drug detection. It contains new chapters on biological and field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometries and includes a CD-ROM containing a library of spectral data and electronic schematics illustrating the concepts in the text. "...The second edition of this book provides a timely update to the fundamental theory, advancements in instrumentation, and the development of new applications of IMS.... The book accomplishes the objectives outlined by the authors..." — JACS , Vol. 128, 2006