Exploring Chemical Analysis - 4th edition

Chapter 0 The Analytical Process Cocaine Use? Ask the River 0-1 The Analytical Chemist's Job 0-2 General Steps in a Chemical Analysis Box 0-1 Constructing a Representative Sample

Chapter 1 Chemical Measurements Biochemical Measurements with a Nanoelectrode 1-1 SI Units and Prefixes Box 1-1 Exocytosis of Neurotransmitters 1-2 Conversion Between Units 1-3 Chemical Concentrations 1-4 Preparing Solutions 1-5 The Equilibrium Constant

Chapter 2 Tools of the Trade A Quartz-Crystal Sensor with an Imprinted Layer for Yeast Cells 2-1 Safety, Waste Disposal, and Green Chemistry 2-2 Your Lab Notebook Box 2-1 Dan's Lab Notebook Entry 2-3 The Analytical Balance 2-4 Burets 2-5 Volumetric Flasks 2-6 Pipets and Syringes 2-7 Filtration 2-8 Drying 2-9 Calibration of Volumetric Glassware 2-10 Methods of Sample Preparation Reference Procedure: Calibrating a 50-mL buret

Chapter 3 Math Toolkit Experimental Error 3-1 Significant Figures 3-2 Significant Figures in Arithmetic 3-3 Types of Error Box 3-1 What Are Standard Reference Materials? Box 3-2 Case Study: Systematic Error in Ozone Measurement 3-4 Propagation of Uncertainty 3-5 Introducing Spreadsheets 3-6 Graphing in Excel

Chapter 4 Statistics Is My Red Blood Cell Count High Today? 4-1 The Gaussian Distribution 4-2 Student's t Box 4-1 Analytical Chemistry and the Law 4-3 Grubbs Test for an Outlier 4-4 Finding the "Best" Straight Line 4-5 Constructing a Calibration Curve 4-6 A Spreadsheet for Least Squares

Chapter 5 Quality Assurance and Calibration Methods The Need for Quality Assurance 5-1 Basics of Quality Assurance Box 5-1 Control Charts 5-2 Validation of an Analytical Procedure 5-3 Standard Addition 5-4 Internal Standards

Chapter 6 Good Titrations The Earliest Known Buret 6-1 Principles of Volumetric Analysis 6-2 Titration Calculations 6-3 Chemistry in a Fishtank Box 6-1 Studying a Marine Ecosystem 6-4 Solubility Product Box 6-2 The Logic of Approximations 6-5 Titration of a Mixture 6-6 Titrations Involving Silver Ion Demonstration 6-1 Fajans Titration

Chapter 7 Gravimetric and Combustion Analysis The Geologic Time Scale and Gravimetric Analysis 7-1 Examples of Gravimetric Analysis Box 7-1 Shorthand for Organic Structures 7-2 Precipitation Demonstration 7-1 Colloids and Dialysis 7-3 Examples of Gravimetric Calculations 7-4 Combustion Analysis

Chapter 8 Introducing Acids and Bases Acid Rain 8-1 What Are Acids and Bases? 8-2 Relation Between [H+], [OH-], and pH 8-3 Strengths of Acids and Bases Demonstration 8-1 HCl Fountain 8-4 pH