Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction. Section I: Measurement Basics. 2. Electrical Components and Circuits. 3. Operational Amplifiers in Chemical Instrumentation. 4. Digital Electronics and Microcomputers. 5. Signals and Noise. Section II: Atomic Spectroscopy. 6. An Introduction to Spectrometric Methods. 7. Components of Optical Instruments. 8. An Introduction to Optical Atomic Spectrometry. 9. Atomic Absorption and Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry. 10. Atomic Emission Spectrometry. 11. Atomic Mass Spectrometry. 12. Atomic X-Ray Spectrometry. Section III: Molecular Spectroscopy. 13. An Introduction to Ultraviolet/Visible Molecular Absorption Spectrometry. 14. Applications of Ultraviolet/Visible Molecular Absorption Spectrometry. 15. Molecular Luminescence Spectrometry. 16. An Introduction to Infrared Spectrometry. 17. Applications of Infrared Spectrometry. 18. Raman Spectroscopy. 19. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. 20. Molecular Mass Spectrometry. 21. Surface Characterization by Spectroscopy and Microscopy. Section IV: Electroanalytical Chemistry. 22. Introduction to Electroanalytical Chemistry. 23. Potentiometry. 24. Coulometry. 25. Voltammetry. Section V: Separation Methods. 26. An Introduction to Chromatographic Separations. 27. Gas Chromatography. 28. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. 29. Supercritical Fluid Chromatography and Extraction. 30. Capillary Electrophoresis and Capillary Electrochromatography. Section VI: Miscellaneous Methods. 31. Thermal Methods. 32. Radiochemical Methods. 33. Automated Methods of Analysis. Appendix A: Evaluation of Analytical Data. Appendix B: Activity Coefficients. Appendix C: Some Standard and Formal Electrode Potentials. Appendix D: Compounds for Preparing Standard Solutions of Some Common Elements. Appendix E: Common Acronyms Encountered in Chemical Instrumentation. Appendix F: Answers to Selected Problems Index.