Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chemist and technician in the analytical laboratory -- Introduction to the analytical laboratory -- Laboratory safety -- Basic mathematics in the laboratory -- Analytical data treatment (statistics) -- Plotting and graphing -- Using Microsoft Excelª in the laboratory -- Making laboratory solutions -- Acid-base theory and buffer solutions -- Titration--a volumetric method of analysis -- Oxidation--reduction (redox) reactions -- Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) -- Ultraviolet and visible (UV/Vis) spectroscopy -- Fluorescence optical emission spectroscopy -- Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy -- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy) -- Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) -- Atomic emission spectroscopy -- Atomic mass spectrometry -- X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) -- Chromatography--introduction and theory -- High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) -- Solid-phase extraction -- Plane chromatography : paper and thin-layer chromatography -- Gas-liquid chromatography -- Gas chromatography--mass spectrometry (GC-MS) -- Special topics : strong cation exchange chromatography and capillary electrophoresis -- Mass spectrometry -- Ionization in mass spectrometry -- Mass analyzers in mass spectrometry -- Biomolecule spectra interpretation : small molecules -- Macromolecule analysis -- Biomolecule spectra interpretation : proteins -- Appendix I. Chapter problem answers -- Appendix II. Atomic weights and isotopic compositions -- Appendix III. Fundamental physical constants -- Appendix IV. Redox half reactions -- Appendix V. Periodical table of elements -- Appendix VI. Installing and running programs.