Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1: How to Use the Handbook 3
Frank Settle, Editor
- Purpose and Scope
- Organization
- Summary
Chapter 2: Sample Preparation in Analytical Chemistry
(Organic Analysis)
Ronald E. Majors
- Introduction
- Types of Samples Encountered
- Sample Preparation for Solid and Semisolid Samples
- Extraction of Solid Samples
- Sample Preparation Methods for Liquid Samples
- Derivatization in Chromatography
Chapter 3: Sample Preparation in Analytical Chemistry
(Inorganic Analysis)
John R. Moody and Charles M. Beck II
- Classical Chemical Analysis
- Sampling
- Sample Drying
- Sample Weighing
- Sample Dissolution
- Extraction, Preconcentration, and Separations
- Dilution and Matrix Matching
- Preparation of Standard Solutions
- Advantages of Sample Preparation
- Conclusions
Chapter 4: Quantitative Measurements
Earl Wehry
- Limit of Detection, Limit of Quantification,
and Sensitivity - Calibration
- Interferences, Contamination, and Loss of Analyte
- Sampling
- Verification of Accuracy
Chapter 5: Managing Laboratory Information
Robert Megargle
- Laboratories as Information Producers
- Properties of Good Information
- Laboratory Information Management System
- Conclusions
Chapter 6: Laboratory Automation
Joe Liscouski
- What Is Laboratory Automation?
- Approaches to Laboratory Automation
- A Laboratory Automation Example
- Planning for Laboratory Automation
- Validation
