Encyclopedia of Analytical Science - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0122267001 ISBN 13: 9780122267000

Publisher: Academic Press, 1995

Synopsis

The vital role of analysis, intrinsically linked to dramatic changes in technology, has created a pressing need for a single reference that encompasses every possible aspect of analytical science.
The Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, the first and only one of its kind, satisfies that need. An undertaking of unprecedented scope, the Encyclopedia harnesses the specialist knowledge of more than 800 international authors to provide detailed, comprehensivecoverage of the practice of analytical science.
Meticulously organized and edited, the ten-volume Encyclopedia covers all techniques which determine specific elements, compounds, and groups of compounds in any physical or biological matrix.
The applications of analysis (within disciplines as varied as food science, medicine, geology, forensics, and environmental science) also receive extensive treatment, as do important characterization techniques such as microscopy and surface analysis.
TheEncyclopedia's vast range of subjects are divided into discrete entries which reflect the expertise and dedication of its editorial and advisory boards. An extensive cross-referencing system also enables quick and easy research of all related information. Although aimed at practicing analysts working in the scientific and industrial areas, the Encyclopedia has also been tailored to meet the needs of non-specialists, including undergraduate and postgraduate students.
As such, the Encyclopediaof Analytical Science serves as an essential and invaluable reference for libraries, research institutions, and industrial organizations throughout the world.

Key Features
* Comprehensive coverage
* Meticulous organization
* Clearly written10 Volume Set comprising 3.5 million words, 6208 pages in large double-column format
* Authoritative and extensive coverage ensured by international editorial and advisory boards of 98 experts from 28 countries
* More than 800 authors from more than 40 countries
* 11,250 cross-references linking related articles
* 756 articles compiled under 301 subject entries, independently reviewed by 500 top specialists
* Expert organization of entries make research fast and easy for both specialist and non-specialist readers
* 9000 bibliographic entries and suggestions for further reading appear at the end of each article to lead the reader straight to the primary literature
* 50,000 index entries, including synonyms and references, plus a full directory of authors and scientific referees listed in Volume 10
* 1330 tables
* 2870 illustrations
* Color plate sections in each volume

About this title

About the Author:

Alan Townshend holds B.Sc., Ph.D. and D.Sc., degrees from the University of Birmingham, where he lectured in analytical chemistry from 1964-80. He moved to the University of Hull in 1980, and became Professor of Analytical Chemistry in 1984. He has served twice as Dean of the School of Chemistry, and currently holds the G.F. Grant Chair of Chemistry. He is also Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science, and Director of the Institute for Chemistry in Industry. He has published ca. 300 scientific papers, his main research interests currently being in analytical applications of chemiluminscence and of immobilised reagents (especially enzymes) and in flow injection analysis.

Professor Townshend is a senior editor of Analytica Chimica Acta, and was Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Analytical Science (Academic Press, 1985) and the Dictionary of Analytical Reagents (Chapman and Hall, 1993). He was President of the Analytical Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (1996-98) and is currently Chairman of the RSC's Committee for Accreditation and Validation. He serves on the Steering Group of the UK Analytical Partnership and has recently completed a 4-year stint on the Council of the Analytical Chemistry Division of the Federation of European Chemical Societies.

Paul Worsfold is currently Professor of Analytical Science in the School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences and Director of the Plymouth Environmental Research Centre at the University of Plymouth. He was an undergraduate at Loughborough University where he also gained industrial experience in Germany and the Netherlands. He obtained an MSc (1978) and a PhD (1980) in Bioanalytical Chemistry with Michael Thompson at the University of Toronto, Canada. A postdoctoral position with Jarda Ruzicka and Elo Hansen at the Technical University of Denmark was followed by lectureships in Sheffield (now Hallam) and Hull (a new blood lectureship working with Alan Townshend) and a chair at Plymouth in 1990. He received his DSc from Loughborough in 1998.

His research activities are at the interface of Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Science and he is a member of the 'Biogeochemistry and Environmental Analytical Chemistry' research group at Plymouth. His core Analytical Chemistry research interests are flow injection techniques, molecular spectroscopy (particularly chemiluminescence), instrument design, on-line sample treatment techniques and field flow fractionation. Environmental interests include oceanic scale spatial mapping of trace metal micronutrients, e.g. iron, nutrient (N and P) cycling in natural waters, physico-chemical speciation of elements and contaminant transport and modelling. He has published over 200 scientific research papers and review articles.

He is currently Editor of the journal Analytica Chimica Acta and Editor of the Encyclopaedia of Analytical Science. He is also on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Flow Injection Analysis and Environmental Chemistry. His work has been recognised by the award of the SAC Silver Medal in 1990, the H.E. Armstrong lectureship (SCI) in 1992, the C.B. Huggins lectureship (Acadia University) in 1997 and the Theophilus Redwood lectureship (RSC) in 2000. He became President of the Analytical Divis

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About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0122267001
• ISBN 13: 9780122267000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 6264
• Editor: Worsfold Paul J., Haswell Stephen, Werner Helmut W., Macrae Robert, Wilson Ian D., Townshend Alan