Quantitative Chemical Analysis

Key differences between 9th and 8th editions

• Period between previous and current publications: 5 years (2015 vs 2010).
• Harris' Quantitative Chemical Analysis text was originally published in 1982.
• New material in the Ninth Ed.:
• Discussion of atomic weights of the elements based on 2009 IUPAC Technical Report (Ch. 3).
• Chapter 7 on titrations.
• Approach to numerical solution of systematic equilibrium problems (Ch. 8).
• Section on laser ablation technology for solid sampling (Ch. 21).
• Section on X-ray fluorescence, non-destructive analytical technique (Ch. 21).
• Section on ion mobility spectrometry analytical technique (Ch. 22).
• Coverage of Lab-on-a-Chip technology for DNA profiling (Ch. 26).
• Appendix on propagation of uncertainty.
• Appendix on DNA and RNA structures.