Analytical Chemistry

by Gary D. Christian and Purnendu K. Dasgupta

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471597619
• ISBN13: 9780471597612
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 840 Pages
• Weight: 4.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.4" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Right on the money

I've been teaching Analytical Chemistry for 8 years now and most of that time I used Skoogs text. The problem with Skoogs text is that it spends far too much time on titration calculations and does not give enough emphasis to modern analytical practices. My first exposure to Dr. Christian's writings occurred in my undergraduate Instrumental Analysis course 21 years ago. I'm glad to see he is still writing textbooks. I recently switched my course's textbook to Dr. Christian's Analytical Chemistry 6th ed. It is well organized, easy to read and quite modern in its coverage. Additionally, it has a far superior set of end of chapter problems than most analytical textbooks I've reviewed and the appendix has a set of laboratory exercises that dovetail nicely with the chapter content. I highly recommend this textbook.

A comprehensive book

This book is comprehensive and comprehensible. Since I was doing my undergraduate studies I enjoyed Christian's Analytical Chemistry, it's a learning book with both: essential information and enough detail. Now, in the 5th edition, it has some new techniques and basic references for almost all the analytical methods in chemistry, and continues providing an overview of the techniques and equipment involved in analytical chemistry. Its explanations are useful and concise, mainly to be used as a text book for an analytical chemistry course.