Soil and Environmental Analysis: Modern Instrumental Techniques

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Keith A. Smith, Malcolm S. Cresser
CRC Press, Oct 15, 2003 - Technology & Engineering - 700 pages
Evaluating traditional and recent analytical methods according to speed, sensitivity, and cost-efficiency, this reference supports specialists in the selection of effective analytical techniques and equipment for the study of soils, soil contaminants, and environmental samples. Updated and revised, this Third Edition illustrates the advantages, limitations, range, and challenges of the major analytical approaches utilized in modern research laboratories. It includes new chapters and expanded discussions of the measurement of organic pollutants in the environment and gas fluxes between the land surface and atmosphere, and an extensive range of environmental materials.
 

Contents

1 Atomic Absorption and Flame Emission Spectrometry
1
2 Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry
45
3 Electroanalytical Methods in Environmental Chemical Analysis
94
4 ContinuousFlow FlowInjection and Discrete Analysis
118
5 Ion Chromatography
163
6 Automated Instruments for the Determination of Total Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen Sulfur and Oxygen
202
7 XRay Fluorescence Analysis
247
8 Measurement of Radioisotopes and Ionizing Radiation
305
9 Stable Isotope Analysis and Applications
335
Gas Analysis Chamber Methods and Related Procedures
381
Micrometeorological Methods at the PlottoLandscape Scale
421
12 Analysis of Organic Pollutants in Environmental Samples
455
Index
479

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