Encyclopedia of Analytical Science - Hardcover

9780127641003: Encyclopedia of Analytical Science

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0127641009 ISBN 13: 9780127641003

Publisher: Elsevier, 2004

As with the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, Second Edition is designed to provide a detailed and comprehensive publication covering all facets of the science and practice of analysis. The new work has been extensively revised in terms of the titles and content of the first edition, and includes comprehensive coverage of techniques used for the determination of specific elements, compounds and groups of compounds, in physical or biological matrices. It addresses applications of chemical analysis in all areas, ranging from such topics as medicine to environmental science, and geology to food science. Important characterisation techniques, such as microscopy and surface analysis are also included.

The complete work consists of around 610 articles, each consisting of about 4000 words, figures and summary tables. These articles are combined to form larger entries providing comprehensive coverage of important topics and assisting the reader in locating material of interest. The entries are arranged in an A to Z format providing a final publication of about two and a half million words in ten volumes. The articles are structured to allow easy access to information on specific analytes, instrumental techniques and sample matrices. There is extensive cross-referencing throughout the Encyclopedia and a detailed index.

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Comprehensive in coverage
Meticulously organised
Clearly written

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Review:

"I find the Encyclopedia of Analytical Science to be the most useful reference set I have ever used. It is so well done that on occasion I pick up a volume and just start browsing. I believe this volume will be of great benefit to students, instructors, and practicing anatyical scientists who need a starting point to address new analytical problems." --David J. Butcher, Western Carolina University, USA

"The publication of this encyclopedia can be considered to mark the coming of age of analytical science as a distinct discipline... [it] forms an invaluable work of reference which deserves to be found on the library shelves of all Universities and Industrial concerns where analytical work is taught or performed." --R.W.A. Oliver, University of Salford, UK

"The Encyclopedia of Analytical Science... will be extremely valuable to all concerned with the prosecution of most aspects of experimental science... Never before have so many different techniques been described in so exemplary a fashion, be they of recent origin, as in scanning tunneling microscopy or the myriad developments of magnetic resonance spectroscopy or of more obvious applicability such as mass spectrometry or gas chromatography." --H.A.O. Hill University of Oxford, UK

"The Encyclopaedia of Analytical Science, second edition covers many technological advances, from fundamental to applied analytical chemistry, that are focus of today's attention. This 10 volume set makes access to analytical chemistry information easier by covering a comprehensive list of topics written by well known interdisciplinary experts. I strongly recommend the purchase of the Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, second edition. This work should be a basic resource not only for undergraduates and graduate students, but also for postdoctoral fellows and researches who want to pick up fast, clear and concise ideas of a new topic that is outside of their usual area of expertise. I am sure this will be a successful book collection." --Prof. D Barcel�, Head of Environmental Chemistry Department, Barcelona, Spain

"This is an encyclopedia of analytical science with an emphasis on applications, in terms of both how and where the various analytical methods and techniques are used. The overview descriptions of methods, instrumentation and techniques are good for those seeking a basic understanding. This is ideal for students or those that want to diversify their research areas. The cross-referencing is extensive, so a reader can easily find specific topics, even though there are over 5000 pages in the ten volumes." --ANAL. BIOANAL CHEM, 2006

"I am pleased to recommend strongly the Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, the most complete and comprehensive basic reference to the field, in both print and electronic formats, to analytical chemists, biochemists, biologists, biomedical researchers, biotechnologists, earth scientists, environmental scientists, forensic scientists, food scientists and technologists, pharmacologists, physicists, and toxicologists. It should also be invaluable to undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers looking for quick, clear and concise ideas on the topics that lie outside their areas of expertise. This definitive encyclopedia also belongs in academic, industrial, and governmental libraries." --George B. Kauffman, California State University, CHEMICAL EDUCATOR, 2005

About the Author:

Paul Worsfold is currently Professor of Analytical Science in the School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences and Director of the Plymouth Environmental Research Centre at the University of Plymouth. He was an undergraduate at Loughborough University where he also gained industrial experience in Germany and the Netherlands. He obtained an MSc (1978) and a PhD (1980) in Bioanalytical Chemistry with Michael Thompson at the University of Toronto, Canada. A postdoctoral position with Jarda Ruzicka and Elo Hansen at the Technical University of Denmark was followed by lectureships in Sheffield (now Hallam) and Hull (a new blood lectureship working with Alan Townshend) and a chair at Plymouth in 1990. He received his DSc from Loughborough in 1998.

His research activities are at the interface of Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Science and he is a member of the 'Biogeochemistry and Environmental Analytical Chemistry' research group at Plymouth. His core Analytical Chemistry research interests are flow injection techniques, molecular spectroscopy (particularly chemiluminescence), instrument design, on-line sample treatment techniques and field flow fractionation. Environmental interests include oceanic scale spatial mapping of trace metal micronutrients, e.g. iron, nutrient (N and P) cycling in natural waters, physico-chemical speciation of elements and contaminant transport and modelling. He has published over 200 scientific research papers and review articles.

He is currently Editor of the journal Analytica Chimica Acta and Editor of the Encyclopaedia of Analytical Science. He is also on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Flow Injection Analysis and Environmental Chemistry. His work has been recognised by the award of the SAC Silver Medal in 1990, the H.E. Armstrong lectureship (SCI) in 1992, the C.B. Huggins lectureship (Acadia University) in 1997 and the Theophilus Redwood lectureship (RSC) in 2000. He became President of the Analytical Divis

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