Analytical Chemistry

Description:
'Analytical Chemistry' provides a clear and thorough introduction to the principles and practices underpinning modern analytical chemistry. Providing a complete course from basic first principles to in-depth coverage of the latest emerging techniques, this is an essential text for readers from all disciplines where a familiarity with analytical techniques is required. The book is arranged in three sections allowing readers from all levels to access the text as appropriate. The opening section covers fundamental or introductory material. Here little background knowledge is assumed in order to make the text suitable for students from a wide range of disciplines. This is followed by an in-depth account of the most commonly encountered instrumental techniques. The final section of the book provides more advanced coverage of significant emerging techniques in the field. Numerous diagrams, worked examples and self-assessment questions throughout the text help students to learn and test their understanding. Boxed sections allow the treatment of key topics in greater depth.

Review:
It is essential that students have access to good textbooks, which give enough information to be useful to the specialist but do not overwhelm those begining in the subject. Higson had gone a long way towards providing such a book, which I am certain will be used widely in teaching analytical chemistry. Education in Chemistry 2004. There is a simple design with well laid out text and uncomplicated diagrams. I particularly like the diagrams as they are very clear and would be easy for students to reproduce. The author has eradicated mathematics wherever possible, which will be popular with undergraduates. Chemistry World

Table of Contents:
PART 1: THE SCOPE OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY: GROUND RULES AND FUNDAMENTALS CHAPTER 1: THE SCOPE OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND THE NATURE OF ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENTS; CHAPTER 2: ANALYTICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE AND STATISTICS; PART 2: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS: KEY PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES; CHAPTER 3: STANDARD WET CHEMICAL AND REAGENT-BASED TECHNIQUES; CHAPTER 4: ANALYSES BASED ON THE DETERMINATION OF MASS; CHAPTER 5: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT FOR ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENTS; PART 3: THE KEY ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CHAPTER 6: FURTHER APPLICATIONS OF UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION AND FLUORESCENCE PHENOMENA INCLUDING X-RAY FLUORESCENCE, RAMAN, MOSSBAUER, AND PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; CHAPTER 7: ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; CHAPTER 8: SEPARATORY METHODS AND CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 9: MASS SPECTROSCOPY CHAPTER 10: ELECTRO-ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES CHAPTER 11: NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; CHAPTER 12: INFRARED TECHNIQUES; PART 4: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY IN PRACTICE: CONTEMPORARY ANALYTICAL SCIENCE; CHAPTER 13: RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYTICAL METHODS; CHAPTER 14: BIO-ANALYTICAL METHODS; CHAPTER 15: ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES AND ASSAYS; CHAPTER 16: CTRICAL CHOICE OF TECHNIQUE, GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE, AND SAFETY IN THE LABORATORY