Instrumental methods, inorganic analytical chemistry

Povondra, P., Sulcek, Z. Modem methods of decomposition of inorganic substances. In Zyka, J. (ed.) Instrumentation in Analytical Chemistry, pp. 188-245. Ellis Horwood, New York (1991)... 

Every two years, a fundamental review on thermal analysis is published in Analytical Chemistry, in which the development of new methods and the main applications to calibration, thermodynamics, kinetics, polymers, inorganics, pharmaceutical, biological, foods, etc. are reported [1-3]. Several articles regarding coordination compounds are cited and critically described. An update of the applications of evolved gas analysis (EGA), coupled to the thermoanalytical instruments, is also published every four years, and many studies on coordination compounds are cited [4-7]. 

Marker B (1994b) Inorganic chemical fingerprinting of the environment reference freshwater - a useful tool for comparison and harmonization of analytical data in freshwater chemistry. Eresenius J Anal Chem 349 697-702 Marker B (1996) Instrumental element and multi-element analysis of plant samples - methods and applications. WUey, Chichester/New York... 

Most paints do not usually display as much diversity in chemistry, color, and layer structure as do automotive ones. Therefore, a wider variety of analytical instruments are often used to characterize them. Along with microscopy and IR spectroscopy, other methods frequently used are pyrolysis GC/MS and inorganic elemental analysis by X-ray spectroscopy in the SEM. X-ray diffraction is also of use in the identification of crystalline pigments and fillers. 

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