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Additionally, a variety of analytical equipment and techniques that allow the examination of small- (and micro-) scale microbial cultures and their products have become available. Examples include near infrared and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, which offer the ability for in situ detection of specific compounds in fermentation broth [22]. However, sensitivity and the required sample volumes pose serious obstacles that still have to be overcome. Another alternative is offered by sensitive pyrolysis mass spectroscopy, which was demonstrated to be suitable for quantitative analysis of antibiotics in 5-pl aUquots of fermentation broth when combined with multivariate calibration and artificial neural networks [91]. The authors concluded that a throughput of about 12,000 isolates per month could be expected. Furthermore, standard chromatographic methods such as gas chromatography or high-performance liquid chromatography, possibly in combination with mass spectroscopy (MS) for detection, can provide simultaneous quantitative detection of many metabolic products. 

Traditionally, either gas chromatography combined with mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), density measurements, or refractometry is used to determine the relative concentration of the permeant mixtures [68]. However, proton nuclear magnetic resonance ( H NMR) is another excellent method to quantify concentrations because of its ease of use and high accuracy. The molar ratio of the mixture is calculated from the ratio of the integration of peaks corresponding to the components in the mixture. Once the ratios of permeants are known, selectivity can be calculated. To demonstrate that H NMR is an accurate method for determining the composition of liquid mixtures, a trial run was carried out using measured volumes of water and methanol (Fig. 33.17). 

For small molecule analytes (see Note 6) for which a radiotracer form is available, sequentially load a known quantity of tracer dissolved in buffer and determine the amount of analyte in the eluant. When the radioactivity not retained by the immunoaffinity column plateaus, the column binding sites are saturated. Wash the column, and elute the retained radioactivity. The mass of analyte in the eluted volume is the apparent column capacity. In many instances a radio-labeled analyte may not be available. In such cases, high-performance liquid chromatography, UV spectroscopy, or any other analytical tool capable of selectively quantifying the analyte may be used to determine column capacity. 

Many experiments in analytical chemistry, such as chromatography and spectroscopy, require the preparation of a standard solution of a liquid organic compound. Therefore you must know accurately the mass of the liquid. The compound can be dispensed by the methods described in Chapter 3, provided that the pipette, syringe, etc., is accurate, and thus the mass = volume X density, bearing in mind the temperature factor. 

Atomic absorption spectrometry with flame (AA-F) or electrothermal atomization furnace (AA-ETA), inductively coupled plasma-emission spectroscopy (ICP-ES), inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) are state-of-the-art analytical techniques used to measure metals in biological fluids. They are specific and sensitive and provide the cfinical laboratory with the capability to measure a broad array of metals at clinically significant concentrations. For example, ICP-MS is used to measure several metals simultaneously. Photometric assays are also available but require large volumes of sample and have limited analytical performance. Spot tests are also... 

A very recent volume edited by Berthed (2002) is on countercurrent chromatography - the support-free liquid stationary phase. Ebdon et al. (1987) review directly coupled liquid chromatogramphy-atomic spectroscopy. The review by Uden (1995) on element-specific chromatographic detection by atomic absorption, plasma atomic emission and plasma mass spectrometry covers the principles and applications of contemporary methods of element selective chromatographic detection utilizing AA, AES and MS. Flame and furnace are considered for GC and HPLC, while MIP emission is considered for GC and ICPAES for HPLC. Combinations of GC and HPLC with both MIPAES and ICPAES are covered and supercritical fluid chromatographic (SFC) and field flow fractionation (FFF) are also considered. 

A glance at the table of contents, in volume 10, will show that some topics merit a large number of articles, a reflection of their importance in current analytical science. Several techniques, for example, mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, atomic emission spectrometry, microscopy, the various chromatographic techniques (e.g., gas, liquid and thin-layer), and electrophoresis, merit a series of articles, as do areas such as food and nutritional analysis, forensic sciences, archaeometry, pharmaceutical analysis, sensors, and surface analysis. Each of these collections of articles, written by experts in their fields, provides at least as much up-to-date information on that particular subject as a complete textbook. 

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