Environmental Analysis
Techniques, Applications and Quality Assurance
Published in November 1993
Book
Hardback
658 pages
978-0-444-89648-3 (ISBN)
Description
Three aspects of environmental analysis are treated in this book - the use of various analytical techniques, their applications to trace analysis of pollutants, mainly organic compounds, and quality assurance aspects, including the use of certified reference materials for quality control of the whole analytical process. The book is divided into four parts. Part I considers field sampling techniques and sample handling. Matrices, such as air, water, sediments and biota, are treated in various chapters. The second part covers the application areas. Compounds of interest include PCBs, PAHs, phenolic compounds, pesticides, detergents, radionuclides, marine toxins and organometallics. Part III comprises analytical quality assurance in environmental programmes. There is an increasing demand for more reliable and accurate data. This part reflects the conflicting viewpoints of different authors and American and EEC standards. The last part of the book is devoted to the implementation of novel and emerging analytical techniques, including a variety of hyphenated methods.
The book will serve as a general reference for post-graduate students as well as a practical reference for environmental chemists who need to use the analytical techniques for environmental studies. Analytical chemists needing information on the complexity of environmental sample matrices and interferences will also find this an invaluable reference.
The book will serve as a general reference for post-graduate students as well as a practical reference for environmental chemists who need to use the analytical techniques for environmental studies. Analytical chemists needing information on the complexity of environmental sample matrices and interferences will also find this an invaluable reference.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-89648-3 (9780444896483)
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Content
Part 1 Field sampling techniques and sample preparation: sampling techniques for air pollutants, R. Niessner; sample handling strategies for the analysis of organic contaminants from environmental samples, M.C. Hennion and P. Scribe; extraction, clean-up and recoveries of persistent trace organic contaminants from sediment and biota samples, D.E. Wells. Part 2 Application areas: current developments in the analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) including planar and other toxic metabolites in environmental matrices, D.E. Wells; official methods of analysis of priority pesticides in water using gas chromatographic techniques, D. Barcelo; coupled-column reversed phase liquid chromatography as a versatile technique for the determination of polar pesticides, E.A. Hogendoorn and P. van Zoonen; liquid chromatographic determination of phenols and substituted derivatives in water samples, G. Marko-Varga; HPLC methods for the determination of mycotoxins and phycotoxins, J.F. Lawrence and P.M. Scott; determination of radionuclides in environmental samples, V. Valkovic. Part 3 Quality assurance and reference materials: quality assurance in environmental analysis, W.P. Cofino; certified reference materials for the quality control of measurements in environmental monitoring, E.A. Maier; standard reference materials for the determination of trace organic constituents in environmental samples, S.A. Wise. Part 4 Emerging techniques: application of fluorescence spectroscopic techniques in the determination of PAHs and PAH metabolites, F. Ariese et al; characterization of surfactants in water by desorption ionization methods, F. Ventura; utilization of various LC-MS interfacing systems in environmental analysis - application to polar pesticides, M.H. Lamoree et al; hyphenated techniques applied to the speciation of organometallic compounds in the environment, O.F.X. Donard and R. Ritsema; the potential of capillary electrophoresis in environmental analysis, M.W.F. Nielen.