This handbook is a guide for workers in analytical chemistry who need a starting place for information about a specific instrumental technique.This edition thoroughly expands and updates the chapters to include concepts, applications, and key references from recent literature. It also contains a new chapter on process analytical technology.

From the Third Edition:Laboratory Use of Computers, including Data Acquisition, Data Processing, and System Control. Flow Injection and Sequential Injection Analysis. Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry. Atomic Absorption Spectrometry and Related Techniques. Ultraviolet, Visible, and Near-IR Spectrophotometry. Molecular Fluorescence and Phosphorescence. Vibrational Spectroscopy: Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy. X-Ray Methods. Photoacoustic Spectroscopy. Chiroptical Spectroscopy. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. X-Ray Photoelectron and Auger Electron Spectroscopy. Mass Spectrometry. Thermoanalytical Instrumentation and Applications. Potentiometry: pH and Ion-Selective Electrodes. Voltammetry. Stripping Analysis. Electrolytic Conductance. Microchip Technology. Biosensor Technology. Instrumentation for HPLC. Gas Chromatography and GC-MS Instrumentation. Supercritical Fluid Chromatography. Capillary Electrophoresis and Related Technologies. Gel Permeation and Size Exclusion Chromatography. Field-Flow Fractionation. Countercurrent Chromatography. Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography. Thin-Layer Chromatography. Validation of Chromatographic Methods.