Books in the Sheffield Analytical Chemistry Series series

Offers a source of reference on the chemical analysis of potentially contaminated land. This work assists in specifying appropriate analyses, strategies for carrying out analyses, and methods of interpreting results within the risk-based legislative framework for contaminated land.

Recent years have seen massive changes in the tools and instrumentation available to chemists, in the scale of databases linking the properties of pure materials, solutions or other mixtures to molecular structure, and in the sheer ability of chemists to collect data through automated data acquisition systems.

A key component of the overall quality of a pharmaceutical is control of impurities, as their presence, even in small amounts, may affect drug safety and efficacy. The identification and quantification of impurities to acceptable standards presents a significant challenge to the analytical chemist.

In this volume, authors drawn from respected industrial and academic laboratories around the world consider developments in gas chromatographic techniques from the 1990s, with an emphasis on the new technologies. Application areas are addressed within chapters.

As an integral component of environmental policy, it has become essential to regulate and monitor toxic substances. Past emphasis has been primarily on analytical approaches to the detection of specific, targeted contaminants, thus allowing chemical characterisation.

This volume concentrates on the attributes, requirements and applications of spectroscopic techniques in process analysis, considering, as appropriate to each spectroscopic discipline, off-line, at-/near-line methodology, in addition to on-line, in-line and non-invasive approaches.

This volume covers conventional and contemporary techniques of extraction and sample preparation, crucial elements in accurate analysis. Each chapter covers some background theory, the available instrumentation and the strengths and weaknesses of the method. Key applications are then addressed.

The first edition of Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry and its Applications was written as a handbook for users who wanted a better understanding of the theory augmented by a practical insight of how best to approach a range of applications, and to provide a useful starting point for users trying an approach or technique new to them.

The use of analytical sciences in the discovery, development and manufacture of pharmaceuticals is wide-ranging. From the analysis of minute amounts of complex biological materials to the quality control of the final dosage form, the use of analytical technology covers an immense range of techniques and disciplines.