Principles and Practice of Analytical Chemistry - Softcover

Fifield, F. W.; Kealey, D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0216929202 ISBN 13: 9780216929203

Publisher: Blackie & Son, 1990

Synopsis

The pace of change in analytical chemistry has continued unabated since the second edition was published in 1983, and in some areas - notably the computer control of laboratory instruments, data handling and automation - the changes have been dramatic. Most instrumental techniques have benefitted from these developments in terms of reliability, versatility and the processing and presentation of data. The increasing power of microcomputers in respect of speed, memory capacity and graphics capability has been one of the major factors in these improvements. The real-time processing of analytical data, multicolour display modes, windows-based software packages and the networking of computers and instruments throughout the laboratory have brought big improvements in industrial analytical practice and laboratory management. For the analytical chemist, however, it is worth remembering that the computer processing of data and presentation of results is only as good as the quality of the original data and the software employed. We have tried to indicate the nature of the recent changes and developments without compromising the principal subject matter of the book which remains the analytical techniques themselves and their applications. As with the second edition, the format is unchanged but significant alterations and additions have been made, including over forty new or amended figures and tables. A new chapter has been added on thermal techniques, the uses of which have been growing steadily throughout the 1980s.

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Review

"... excellent and comprehensive..." – Analyst

"... a recommended text for all analytical chemistry undergraduates for many years." – Education and Chemistry

"... a valuable reference manual." – European Journal of Pharmacological Biopharmacy

Synopsis

Many of the important techniques of analytical chemistry remain based on established principles, but some areas are undergoing rapid change. Revisions and additions to the successful second edition of this book include the wider application of the Fourier transform principle to IR as well as NMR, a look at the continuing rise in the importance of plasma based atomic spectrometry including the development of ICP-MS and the relative decline of arc-spark emission methods, the rapid developments in computer applications, the increasing prominence of thermal methods of analysis and the highlighting of y-ray spectrometry post-Chernobyl. Written for undergraduate students of analytical chemistry, this book also provides routes to follow up more specialized study.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackie & Son
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0216929202
• ISBN 13: 9780216929203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 521