Bibliographies analytical chemistry

This book is a part of the series. Analytical Techniques in the Sciences (AnTS). Please assume from the outset that this is neither a textbook of analytical chemistry or electrochemistry, nor is it a textbook of their hybrid, electroanalysis . There are many extremely good texts on these topics already available (e.g. see the Bibliography for a list). There is simply no need for a new textbook if a new one was required, then this would not be it. 

This annotated bibliography of the analytical chemistry of 2A,6-Trinitrotoluene, alternately referred to as a-TNT or TNT, covers a period ranging from ca 1940 to the present. Over this period, the field of analytical chemistry and, therefore, that of TNT has advanced from the simple wet chemical to the automated, computerized and highly complex instrumental methods. Because of this wide spectrum of advancements, the analytical chemistry of TNT will be formated according to the general categories of ... 

Although HPLC has superseded TLC in many application areas, conventional TLC plays a useful role where cost, rapidity, and simplicity are the overiding factors. Quantitative TLC has continued to grow in popularity. For in-depth discussions and additional references of the topics discussed in this chapter, the reader should refer to Planar Chromatography Reviews in Analytical Chemistry (years ending in even numbers) and CAM AG Bibliography Services. 

For further information, including a bibliography of 135 references, see reference 77, or the biennial review in Analytical Chemistry,56 or a four-year review covering 1980-1984.81... 

T he theory, technique, and applications of atomic absorption spectros-copy (AAS) are well known to chemists and are described extensively in the literature, which is estimated at nearly 1,000 papers a year. Excellent sources of information are the Annual Review issues (April) of Analytical Chemistry and the Annual Reports on Analytical Atomic Absorption from the Society for Analytical Chemistry, London. Several pertinent references are listed by Hughes et al. (1). Some books found generally useful are listed in the bibliography (2, 3,4). 

Bolton, H. C., Selected Bibliography of Chemistry, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., 1901-1904. Section 8 lists older unpublished dissertations in chemistry, excluding analytical chemistry, for the period of 1492 to 1902. French dissertations are included. 

Index to Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports, Part I. Agricultural Chemicals, 1946-1949, 1950 Part II. Analytical Chemistry, 1946-June, 1950, 1950. 

AAS is a mature analytical technique. There are thousands of published methods for determining practically any element in almost any type of sample. There are books and journals devoted to analytical methods by AAS and other atomic spectrometry techniques. The bibliography provides a list of some texts on AAS. Journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Applied Spectroscopy, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, The Analyst, Spectroscopy Letters, and others are sources of peer-reviewed articles, but many applications articles can be found in specialized journals on environmental chemistry, food analysis, geology, and so on. The applications discussion here is necessarily limited, but the available literature is vast. 

Activity depends on the ionic strength of the solution. If we compare a 1 M solution and a 0.01 M solution, the more concentrated solution may act as though it is less than lOOx more concentrated than the dilute solution. It is then said that the activity of the 1 M solution is less than unity or the activity coefficient is less than 1. For solutions with positive deviations from Henry s Law, the activity coefficient will be greater than 1. For very dilute solutions (low ionic strength) the activity coefficient y approaches 1, so concentration is approximately equal to activity for very dilute solutions. We will use concentrations in the calculations in this text instead of activities, but the approximation is only accurate for dilute solutions (<0.005 M) and for ions with single charges. Details on activity corrections can be found in most analytical chemistry texts, such as the ones by Harris or Enke listed in the bibliography. 

This simple example illustrates one valuable property of the median it is unaffected by outlying values. Confidence limits (see Chapter 2) for the median can be estimated with the aid of the binomial distribution. This calculation can be performed even when the number of measurements is small, but is not likely to be required in analytical chemistry, where the median is generally used only as a rapid measure of an average. The reader is referred to the bibliography for further information. 

This treatise on analytical chemistry contains several useful tabulations of thermochemical data. Some of these tabulations are taken directly from other sources cited in this bibliography and are not included below ... 

A brief review is Recent Developments in Inorganic and Organic Analytical Chemistry by T. S. West (RIC Lectures, 1959(1)). Others can be found in the Bibliography of Chemical Reviews, later entitled Bibliography of Reviews in Chemistry. A very useful German source is Fresenius Zeitschrift fur analytische Chemie... 

The fundamental objective of this part of the book is to put at the reader s disposal scientific reviews, carried out by experts in Analytical Chemistry, about existing methods to be found in the bibliography for different types of analytes and/or cosmetic samples, their use, potential, etc. also indicating the sources where one can find the original article, with the idea that the reader him/herself will be the one to choose the method that he/she considers most suitable to tackle a specific analytical problem. 

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