With its coverage of both inorganic and organic analytes, this book is a truly comprehensive guide and likely to set the standard. As such, it describes the basic principles and peculiarities of established and emerging applications, providing readers with a greater understanding of complex methods.
The best ready reference available for analytical, water, soil and environmental chemists, as well as those working in trace and micro analysis.
The best ready reference available for analytical, water, soil and environmental chemists, as well as those working in trace and micro analysis.
Table of Contents
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONSEnvironment and Society
Environmental Policy and Regulations
Statistics, Validation and Quality Assurance
Method Validation and Quality Assurance in Organic Analytical Chemistry
Standard Methods
Determination of Sum Parameters
SPECIFIC ANALYTICAL METHODS
Sampling, Sample Preparation and Storage
Sample Enrichment and Purification
Sample Preparation Methods for the Determination of Organic Contaminants in Liquid Samples
Sample Preparation Methods for the Determination of Orgcani Contaminants in Sediments
Compound Isolation by Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
PCB and PAH in Waters and Sediments
Application of Parallel Column Capillary Gas Cromatography with ECD for the Environmental Analysis of Organohalogen Compounds
Application of Countercurrent Chromatography to Pesticide Analysis
Identification and Quantification
Hybrid Tandem Mass Spectrometry and High Resolution MS
Confirmation of the Molecular Structure for Novel Compounds Using Exact Mass Measurement hy HR–MS
Coupled Methods
Comprehensive Two–Dimensional Gas Chromatography with Time–of–Flight Mass Spectrometry in Environmental Analysis
Advance in Environmental Analysis Using Elemental Mass Spectrometry Hyphenated to Chromatographic and Electrophoretic Separation Techniques
EMERGING STRATEGIES
Extraction Methods –
Green Chemistry
Extraction Methods in Environmental Chemistry in the Light of Green Chemistry
Anthropogenic and Biogenic Markers/Tracers
Elucidation of Transformation of Pharmaceuticals
Immunological Methods
Monitoring Pesticides and Personal Care Products by Immunoassay
Magnetic Techniques for Preconcentration and Assay of Xenobiotics
In–Situ Analysis/Miniaturized Methods