Analytical chemistry / Gary D. Christian.

Includes index.

Analytical objectives, or, what analytical chemists do -- Basic tools and operations of analytical chemistry -- Data handling and spreadsheets in analytical chemistry -- Good laboratory practice, quality assurance -- Stoichiometric calculations, the workhorse of the analyst -- General concepts of chemical equilibrium -- Acid base equilibria -- Acid base titrations -- Complexometric reactions and titrations -- Gravimetric analysis and precipitation equilibria -- Precipitation reactions and titrations --Electrochemical cells and electrode potentials -- Potentiometric electrodes and potentiometry -- Redox and potentiometric titrations -- Voltammetry and electrochemical sensors -- Spectro chemical methods -- Atomic spectrometric methods -- Sample preparation, solvent and solid-phase extraction -- Chromatography, principles and theory -- Gas chromatography -- Liquid chromatography -- Kinetic methods of analysis -- Clinical chemistry -- Century of the gene-genomics and proteomics, Dna sequencing and protein profiling -- Environmental sampling and analysis -- Appendixes: Literature of analytical chemistry; Review of mathematical operations exponents, logarithms, the quadratic formula, and calculators; Tables of constants; Safety in the laboratory; Periodic tables on the Web; Answers to some even-Numbered problems.

Featuring a two-color design, this sixth edition deals with principles and techniques of quantitative analysis. Examples of analytical techniques are drawn from such areas as life sciences, clinical chemistry, air and water pollution, and industrial analysis.