Sample Preparation Techniques in Analytical Chemistry

Contributors.
Preface.
Chapter 1. Sample Preparation: An Analytical Perspective(Somenath Mitra and Roman Brukh).
SECTION A: EXTRACTION AND ENRICHMENT IN SAMPLE PREPARATION.
Chapter 2. Principles of Extraction and the Extraction ofSemivolatile Organics From Liquids (MarthaJ.M. Wells).
Chapter 3. Extraction of Semivolatile Organic Compounds FromSolid Matrices (Dawen Kou and Somenath Mitra).
Chapter 4. Extraction of Volatile Organic Compounds From Solidsand Liquids (Gregory C. Slack, et al.).
Chapter 5. Preparation of Samples for Metals Analysis (BarbaraB. Kebbekus).
SECTION B: SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR NUCLEIC ACIDANALYSIS.
Chapter 6. Sample Preparation in DNA Analysis (SatishParimoo and Bhama Parimmo).
Chapter 7. Sample Preparation in RNA Analysis (BhamaParimoo and Satish Parimoo).
Chapter 8. Techniques for the Extraction, Isolation andPurification of Nucleic Acids (Mahesh Karwa and SomenathMitra).
SECTION C: SAMPLE PREPARATION IN MICROSCOPY ANDSPECTROSCOPY.
Chapter 9. Sample Preparation for Microscope and SpectroscopicCharacterization of Solid Surfaces and Films (SharmilaM. Mukhopadhyay).
Chapter 10. Surface Enhancement by Sample and SubstratePreparation Techniques in Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy (ZafarIqbal).
Index.