This thoroughly rewritten and enlarged new edition of an incomparable text provides detailed discussions of the major chemical analytical techniques[s]including the latest innovations[s]used in all phases of the field, shows how each technique relates to the others, and illustrates the benefits and limitations of each;demonstrating the specific information that individual techniques provide. It contains helpful chapters devoted to general concepts such as Beer's law, the Boltzmann distribution, error analysis, single- and double-beam optics, signal-to-noise ratios, emission and absorption of radiation, calibration techniques, and semiconductors. Solutions manual available. What is Analytical Chemistry?