Future Developments in Analytical Methodology

Progress in all areas of additive analysis is very much associated with instrumental development. The last few years have seen major developments in the sensitivity of LC-MS and other MS-based techniques. Such developments are sure to continue. On the down side these analytical techniques provide a large amount of information obtainable per analytical run and therefore there is an increasing need for more automated accurate analytical equipment to improve data management. 

Many of the examples discussed in this chapter are state of the art in the author s laboratory at the time of writing. However, as techniques and 

For further information, Bart [19] in a paper published in 2003 has considered the future of polymer additive analysis starting from the basics and reviewing 

Additives in Polymers - Industrial Analysis and Applications, Wiley, Chichester, 2005. 

Chromatographic methods used to identify and quantify organic polymer additives,. Liq. Chromatogr. Relat. Technol., 26(15) (2003) 2417-2447. 

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These developments have mutually stimulated the fields of analytical chemistry and biotechnology. Some of the future developments in analytical methodologies and process-scale separations are discussed in Section IV.A. 

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