“This book provides broad coverage of the different aspects of the analysis of elemental species…” (Journal of the American Chemistry Society, 2004 Vol. 126)
“…a welcome contribution to the literature…will provide a useful insight…” (Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Vol 23(4), April 2004)
“…the reader can use this book as a reference book for the next 5 to 10 years..” (Applied Organmettallic Chemistry, Jan 2004)
“…a long-awaited high-quality handbook…will be of great value in both academia and industry.” (Angewandte Chemie, Vol.43, No.42, 25th October 2004)
“Each chapter, written by an expert on the field, is a stand alone reference…an excellent introductory text” (International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 2004)
“…provides an excellent compendium of information on all the important methods of speciation analysis…” (Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry, No.380, 2004)
“…this is a long-awaited high-quality handbook for speciation analysis …(and) has the potential to become one of the most frequently used books in the personal shelves of specialists in the field and teachers of analytical chemistry!” (also in German, Angewandte Chemie, 2004; Vol 43; No. 42)
The areas of speciation analysis have being undergoing a continual evolution and development for the last 20 years. A fundamental tool for speciation analysis has been the combination of a chromatographic separation technique with atomic spectrometry, permitting a sensitive and specific detection of the target element. Recent impressive progress toward lower detection limits in ICP-MS, toward higher resolution in separation techniques, especially capillary electrophoresis and electro-chromatography, and toward higher sensitivity in electrospray mass spectrometry for molecule-specific detection at trace levels in complex matrices has allowed new frontiers to be crossed.
This first volume of The Handbook of Elemental Speciation, brings together a collection of chapters covering comprehensively different aspects of procedures for speciation analysis at the different levels starting from sample collection and storage, through sample preparation approaches to render the species chromatographable, principles of separation techniques used in speciation analysis, to the element specific detection. This already very broad coverage of analytical techniques is completed by electrochemical methods, biosensors for metal ions, radioisotope techniques and direct solid speciation techniques. Special concern is given to quality assurance and risk assessment, and speciation-relevant legislation.
Each chapter is a stand-alone reference covering a given facet of elemental speciation analysis written by an expert in a given field with the volume as a whole providing an excellent introductory text and reference handbook for analytical chemists in academia, government laboratories and industry, regulatory managers, biochemists, toxicologists, clinicians, environmental scientists, and students of these disciplines.
The second volume will present in detail a summary of each key element determined by speciation methods, and its detection and measurement within the four key areas of the environment, food, occupation and clinical health. .
From the Back Cover
The areas of speciation analysis have being undergoing a continual evolution and development for the last 20 years. A fundamental tool for speciation analysis has been the combination of a chromatographic separation technique with atomic spectrometry, permitting a sensitive and specific detection of the target element. Recent impressive progress toward lower detection limits in ICP-MS, toward higher resolution in separation techniques, especially capillary electrophoresis and electro-chromatography, and toward higher sensitivity in electrospray mass spectrometry for molecule-specific detection at trace levels in complex matrices has allowed new frontiers to be crossed.
This first volume of The Handbook of Elemental Speciation, brings together a collection of chapters covering comprehensively different aspects of procedures for speciation analysis at the different levels starting from sample collection and storage, through sample preparation approaches to render the species chromatographable, principles of separation techniques used in speciation analysis, to the element specific detection. This already very broad coverage of analytical techniques is completed by electrochemical methods, biosensors for metal ions, radioisotope techniques and direct solid speciation techniques. Special concern is given to quality assurance and risk assessment, and speciation-relevant legislation.
Each chapter is a stand-alone reference covering a given facet of elemental speciation analysis written by an expert in a given field with the volume as a whole providing an excellent introductory text and reference handbook for analytical chemists in academia, government laboratories and industry, regulatory managers, biochemists, toxicologists, clinicians, environmental scientists, and students of these disciplines.
The second volume will present in detail a summary of each key element determined by speciation methods, and its detection and measurement within the four key areas of the environment, food, occupation and clinical health. .
About the Author
Rita Cornelis, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ghent University, The Netherlands.
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