Analytical Chemistry : : Principles and Practice / / ed. by Victor Angelo Soffiantini.

• HerausgeberIn: Soffiantini, Victor Angelo,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter Textbook
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The textbook is based on the APPLIED use of laboratory instrumentation and apparatus in practice in the real working world with absolute minimum use of complex calculations and mathematics. Instrumental theory is kept to a minimum, with useful practical hints and unbiased instruction on lab instruments’ capabilities and operations. All text is in simple to understand language of the complexities of chemical analyses.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Analytical chemistry -- Chapter 2 Laboratory operations -- Chapter 3 Planning the analysis -- Chapter 4 Sampling -- Instrumental analysis -- Chapter 5 Calorimetry -- Chapter 6 Chromatography -- Chapter 7 Conductometry -- Chapter 8 Coulometric analysis -- Chapter 9 Potentiometry -- Chapter 10 Polarimetry -- Chapter 11 Turbidimetry and nephelometry -- Chapter 12 Polarography (voltammetry) -- Chapter 13 Refractometry -- Chapter 14 Spectrophotometry -- Physical measurements -- Chapter 15 Viscosity -- Chapter 16 Density -- Chapter 17 Particle analysis -- Chapter 18 Surface tension -- Chapter 19 Chemical analysis -- Chapter 20 Gravimetric analysis -- Chapter 21 Volumetric analysis (titrimetric) -- Chapter 22 Reactions with iodine -- Chapter 23 Qualitative chemical analysis -- Data -- Chapter 24 Data interpretation -- Chapter 25 Laboratory reports -- Appendices -- Appendix I Laboratory safety and checklists -- Appendix II Internationally accepted laboratory procedures and test methods -- Appendix III Strengths of common concentrated acids -- Appendix IV Units of measurement and concentration -- Appendix V International System (SI) of Units -- Appendix VI Metric (SI) prefixes and decimal unit multiples -- Appendix VII Temperature scales and conversions -- Appendix VIII Vacuum units -- Appendix IX Pressure units -- Appendix X Autoclave steam pressure and temperature -- Appendix XI Drying agents – desiccants -- Appendix XII Constant humidity solutions -- Appendix XIII Freezing mixtures -- Appendix XIV Rate of flow units -- Appendix XV Detection limits in atomic spectroscopy -- Appendix XVI Oxidation states -- Appendix XVII Commodity properties -- Appendix XVIII Properties of metals and alloys -- Appendix XIX Care of platinum apparatus -- Appendix XX Periodic table -- Glossary of terms -- Quiz -- Index