THE MOST USEFUL TOOL IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

This comprehensive, up-to-date reference offers chemists and chemical engineers detailed coverage of the full range of analytical methods, including all conventional wet and instrumental techniques. It also provides information on the preliminary operations of analysis, preliminary separation methods, quality control and quality assurance, and statistics in chemical analysis. This one-of-a-kind resource presents fundamental data on:

Volumetric and Gravimetric Analysis
Chromatographic Methods
Electronic Absorption and Luminescence Spectroscopy
Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy
Atomic Spectroscopy
Optical Activity and Rotary Dispersion
Refractometry
X-ray Methods
Radiochemical Methods
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Electron
Spin Resonance
Mass Spectrometry
Electroanalytical Methods
Thermal Analysis
Magnetic Susceptibility
Organic Fundamental Analysis
Detection and Determination of Functional Groups in
Organic Compounds
Methods of Determination in Water
Geological and Inorganic Materials
Statistics in Chemical Analysis
Water Analysis
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About the Author

Pradyot Patnaik, Ph.D., is the Director of the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory of the Interstate Sanitation Commission, Staten Island, New York, and a Research Investigator for the Center for Environmental Science of the City University of New York at the College of Staten Island. A respected author in chemistry, he also wrote McGraw-Hill's Handbook of Inorganic Chemicals; A Comprehensive Guide to the Hazardous Properties of Chemical Substances; Handbook of Environmental Analysis; and numerous journal articles. He is a Visiting Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and an Adjunct Professor at the Community College of Philadelphia.