Inorganic analytical chemistry definitions

However, now and then analytical chemists feel uneasy with such kinds of definitions which do not reflect completely the identity and independence of analytical chemistry. Chemists of other branches (inorganic, organic, and physical chemists) as well as physicists and bioscientists also obtain information on inanimate or living matter using and developing high-performance analytical instruments just as analytical chemists do. 

The nomenclature used in Analytical Chemistry, and therefore in this encyclopedia, is that agreed and published by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (lUPAC) after deliberations by numerous specialist Commissions and Working Parties. The more fundamental definitions and values are to be found in Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry (1993), 2nd edn., Oxford Blackwell Scientific Publications, prepared for publication by Mills I, Cvitas T, Homann K, et al. (the so-called Green Book). Some of the information from this publication is included in these appendices, as are the currently accepted values of atomic weights, isotopic, composition, etc., which are the responsibility of the Inorganic Chemistry Division. 

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