Publisher's Synopsis
This review of sampling problems and processes, particularly with regard to the philosophy of analytical chemistry, reveals the very important role of sampling in general analytical processes. It includes a range of separation methods for sampling processing, and shows their relevance to the measuring process and data processing. The authors stress the importance of including separation methods in the sample process, showing how this then becomes equivalent to the measuring process and data processing. They emphasize the view that "no analysis is better than the sample itself". The text has been designed for undergraduate students in chemistry and analytical chemistry, industrial and academic research in analytical chemistry, food chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, geochemistry, and cosmoanalytical chemistry.
