Chemical Analysis

<p><b>The new edition of the popular introductory analytical chemistry textbook,&nbsp;providing students with a solid foundation in all the major instrumental analysis techniques currently in use&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;</p> <p>The third edition of&nbsp;<i>Chemical Analysis: Modern Instrumentation Methods&nbsp;and Techniques</i>&nbsp;provides an up-to-date overview of&nbsp;the common methods used for qualitative, quantitative, and structural chemical analysis. Assuming no background knowledge in the subject, this student-friendly textbook covers the&nbsp;fundamental principles and practical aspects of more than 20 separation and spectroscopic&nbsp;methods,&nbsp;as well as other important&nbsp;techniques such as elemental analysis,&nbsp;electrochemistry&nbsp;and&nbsp;isotopic labelling methods.&nbsp;</p> <p>Avoiding technical complexity and theoretical depth, clear&nbsp;and accessible chapters explain the basic concepts of each method and its corresponding instrumental techniques&mdash;supported by explanatory diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of commercial instruments.&nbsp;The new edition&nbsp;includes revised coverage of recent&nbsp;developments in&nbsp;supercritical fluid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis,&nbsp;miniaturized sensors, automatic analyzers, digitization and computing power, and more. Offering a well-balanced introduction to a wide range of analytical and instrumentation techniques,&nbsp;this textbook:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Provides a detailed overview of analysis methods used in the chemical and agri-food industries, medical analysis laboratories, and environmental sciences&nbsp;</li> <li>Covers various separation methods including chromatography,&nbsp;electrophoresis&nbsp;and&nbsp;electrochromatography&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Describes&nbsp;UV and&nbsp;infrared spectroscopy,&nbsp;fluorimetry and chemiluminescence,&nbsp;x-ray fluorescence,&nbsp;nuclear magnetic resonance&nbsp;and other common&nbsp;spectrometric methods such atomic or flame emission,&nbsp;atomic absorption and mass spectrometry&nbsp;</li> <li>Includes concise overview chapters on the&nbsp;general aspects of chromatography,&nbsp;sample preparation strategies, and basic statistical parameters&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Features examples, end-of-chapter problems with solutions, and a companion&nbsp;website featuring PowerPoint slides for instructors&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><i>Chemical Analysis: Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques, Third Edition</i>, is the perfect textbook for undergraduates taking introductory courses in instrumental analytical chemistry,&nbsp;students in chemistry, pharmacy, biochemistry, and environmental science programs looking for information on&nbsp;the techniques and instruments available, and industry technicians working with problems of chemical analysis.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Review of Second Edition</b>:&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;An&nbsp;essential introduction to a wide range of analytical and instrumentation techniques that have been developed and improved in recent years.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; –<i>International Journal of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry</i></p>