Summary of Key Concepts

To analyze for a specific target analyte by chromatography, even nsing high specificity mass spectrometric detection, it is necessary to extract the analyte from the matrix and prepare it (usually) in a liquid solution. This sample extract should contain the analyte at a concentration compatible with the instrument it should also contain a sufficiently low concentration of co-extracted compounds that they do not interfere with the final analysis. It is sometimes necessary to conduct 

The complexity of sample preparation depends on the nature of both analyte and matrix. The nature of the solvent used for the final extract is also important if LC-MS is used insofar as it must have a solvent strength that is no higher than that of the mobile phase into which the extract solution is injected in order to maintain chromatographic efficiency. Sample preparation methods can be categorized based on analyte stability and on the nature of the matrix, particularly its physical phase (liquid, solid or gas). In the majority of cases the final prepared sample is presented to the chromatograph as a liquid. 

Selective extraction by adsorption on to a solid surface - of an analyte present in solution in a liquid 

An entirely different concept in analytical separations is provided by capillary electrophoresis (CE) in which the flow of liquid is generated by electro-osmotic flow (EOF) driven by an external electric field. The major advantage of this approach is the essentiaUy flat plug flow profile that leads to intrinsically more narrow elution peaks than the parabolic flow profiles characteristic of pressure-driven viscous flows. In capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) separation is achieved by superimposing the different electrophoretic mobihties of the solutes on to the EOF. In electrochromatography the separation is achieved as in packed column HPLC but using an EOF to generate flow of the mobile phase past the stationary phase particles. The importance of these EOF-based techniques is their application to miniaturized devices, lah-on-a-chip or micro total analysis systems. Such devices that can be directly interfaced to a mass spectrometer via an ESI source are currently under intense development. 

Development of fast digital electronics and computers has made it possible to perform chemical analyses that would have been unthinkable previously. However, the algorithms used to acquire the raw data and process it into a form convenient for the analyst necessarily contain assumptions and approximations, in addition to errors that inevitably arise when, e.g., a chromatogram contains features that are not accounted for in the algorithms used to find peaks and determine their areas. Visual inspection of processed data by a trained analyst is highly recommended to minimize such errors. 

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Written by Janice Gorzynski Smith and Erin R. Smith, the Student Study Guide/Solutions Manual provides step-by-step solutions to all in-chapter and end-of-chapter problems. Each chapter begins with an overview of key concepts and includes key rules and summary tables. 

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Study Guide for General Chemistry (Larry K. Krannich, University of Alabama at Birmingham) Each chapter of the Study Guide reinforces the students understanding of concepts and operational skills presented in the text. It includes the following features for each chapter a list of key terms and their definitions, a diagnostic test with answers, a summary of major concepts and operational skills, additional practice problems and their solutions, and a chapter posttest with answers. 

H Glossary An important feature for a preparatory chemistry course is a glossary. With each end-of-chapter summary of Key Terms and Concepts, we remind students to use their glossary regularly. The glossary provides definitions of many of the terms used in the textbook, and it is a convenient reference source to use to review vocabulary from past chapters. 

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