Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry (7th Edition), D. A. Skoog, D. M. West and F. J. Holler, Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia, ISBN: 0-03-005938-0, 900+ pages, 1996

General information from the publisher's web page: Readability combined with a systematic, rigorous approach characterize this classic text. Extensive coverage of the principles and practices of quantitative chemistry makes this one-or-two semester text suitable for chemistry majors and science students. One of the co-authors, Douglas Skoog, received the 1993 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award for excellence in Teaching because of his fine texts.

Chapters of interest:
2. Errors in Chemical Analysis
3. Random Errors in Analysis
4. Application of Statistics to Data Treatment and Evaluation
23. Instruments for Optical Spectroscopy
26. Atomic Spectroscopy
31. The Analysis of Real Samples
32. Preparing Samples for Analysis
33. Decomposing and Dissolving the Sample
34. Eliminating Interferences
35. The Chemicals, Apparatus, and Unit Operations of Analytical Chemistry
36. Selected Methods of Analysis