Essential Guide to Analytical Chemistry 

Ideal for novices, practicing analytical chemists and students, this highly readable, pocket-sized encyclopedia contains concise information on everything you need to know about analytical methods from sample preparation to detection, separation to continuous flow analysis. Translated from an immensely popular German-language edition, the book is structured in an unique manner with the left hand page used for concise up-to-date text and the facing page utilized to display color illustrations, making it easy to rapidly obtain information. The clear, schematic diagrams illustrate important procedures and key instrumentation as well as presenting real examples of analytical applications and spectra.

Basic Principles.
Sample Preparation.
Detection Methods.
Chemical and Biochemical Methods.
Electrochemical Analytical Methods.
Thermal Analytical Methods.
Atomic Spectrometric Methods.
Molecular Spectroscopic Analytical Methods.
Separation Methods.
Automation of Analytical Procedures.
Special Fields of Application and Methods.
Bibliography.
Index.

G. Schwedt, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 1997, 260 pp., soft cover