Extensively revised and updated, this edition is concerned primarily with quantitative analysis techniques. Describes how to design an analytical method, how to obtain a laboratory sample that is representative of the whole and to prepare it for analysis, what measurement tools are available, automated analyses and the statistical significance of the analysis. New and expanded topics include heterogeneous equilibria, diode array spectrometers, fiber-optic sensors and solid-phase extraction.

Chapters of interest:

• Analytical Objectives, or: What Analytical Chemists Do.
• Data Handling.
• Atomic Spectrometric Methods.
• Automation in the Laboratory.
• Clinical Chemistry.
• Environmental Analysis.
• Basic Tools and Operations of Analytical Chemistry.
• Experiments.

Specific comments: While this textbook is rather dated, it should be considered a valuable reference since the author, Gary Christian, is a noted expert in atomic absorption spectroscopy, particularly clinical applications of AA. He has written a textbook on atomic absorption as well as an ACS audio course. Good coverage of most AA topics, including cold-vapor mercury determination.