Sample Preparation Techniques in Analytical Chemistry

Sample Preparation Techniques in Analytical Chemistry Somenath Mitra Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science New Jersey Institute of Technology ISBN: 0471328456 Publisher: Wiley

While even the best analytical techniques cannot rectify problems generated by sloppy sample preparation, this less "sexy" step between the point at which analytes are transferred from the sample matrix to a form suitable for analysis is often overlooked. With chapters ranging in content from the extraction of organic analytes from liquids and solids to post-extraction procedures and specific applications, Sample Preparation Techniques in Analytical Chemistry addresses all aspects of sample preparation and takes its place in scientific literature as the only text entirely devoted to teaching and reinforcing this crucial process. 

• Includes sample preconditioning methodology such as drying and homogenization.
• Discusses new ideas such as on-line coupling of extraction methodology such as GC and HPLC.
• Uses real-world examples in areas such as environmental and bio-analytical chemistry.

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• Chapter 9: Sample Preparation for Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization of Solid Surfaces and Films

Table of Contents:

Contributors

Preface.

Chapter 1. Sample Preparation: An Analytical Perspective (Somenath Mitra and Roman Brukh).

SECTION A: EXTRACTION AND ENRICHMENT IN SAMPLE PREPARATION.

Chapter 2. Principles of Extraction and the Extraction of Semivolatile Organics From Liquids (Martha J.M. Wells). 

Chapter 3. Extraction of Semivolatile Organic Compounds From Solid Matrices (Dawen Kou and Somenath Mitra).

Chapter 4. Extraction of Volatile Organic Compounds From Solids and Liquids (Gregory C. Slack, et al.).

Chapter 5. Preparation of Samples for Metals Analysis (Barbara B. Kebbekus).

SECTION B: SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS. 

Chapter 6. Sample Preparation in DNA Analysis (Satish Parimoo and Bhama Parimmo).

Chapter 7. Sample Preparation in RNA Analysis (Bhama Parimoo and Satish Parimoo). 

Chapter 8. Techniques for the Extraction, Isolation and Purification of Nucleic Acids (Mahesh Karwa and Somenath Mitra).

SECTION C: SAMPLE PREPARATION IN MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY.

Chapter 9. Sample Preparation for Microscope and Spectroscopic Characterization (Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay).

Chapter 10. Surface Enhancement by Sample and Substrate Preparation Techniques in Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy (Zafar Iqbal).

Index.