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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The following are resources in Analytical Chemistry:

1. General

2. Instrumental Analysis
   • The Chemistry Hypermedia Project at Virginia Tech has prepared an extensive set of on-line tutorials which cover all aspects of instrumental analysis.
   • X-ray spectroscopy with alpha particle excitation has been used on the Mars Pathfinder Mission. The striking results are presented at a NASA site. Details on the instrumentation are provided by a University of Chicago site.
   • There are numerous articles inSpectroscopy Magazine that deal with the analytical aspects of spectroscopy. These articles are available on-line.
   • The Back to Basics feature of Research and Development Magazine includes useful discussions of instrumentation. Click on the Back to Basics ikon.
   • The Digital Instruments Web page provides applications notes and a picture gallery that illustrate the power of atomic force micrcscopy and scanning tunneling electron microscopy.
   • Zoltan Nay at Case Western University have developed the Electrochemical Science and Technology Resource, a rich collection of data and links relating to electrochemistry.

3. Techniques
   • Chromatography Forum , a service of LC-GC Magazine, is a message board for raising questions on troubleshooting. The page includes the responses to questions presented to the forum.
   • The Sample Prep Web maintained by the Chemistry Department at Duquesne University provides a useful overview of preparation techniques and reagents.
   • Consult the Web version of LC-GC Magazine for information and informative articles dealing with all aspects of chromatography.
   • The Analytical Spectroscopy Research Group at the University of Kentucky has prepared an informative HPLC Users Guide that covers all aspects of the chromatographic technique.
   • The Radiocarbon Lab at the University of Waikato in New Zealand maintains an informative Web page devoted to carbon-14 dating.
   • The Prowl WWW site at Rockefeller is dedicated to mass spectrometry of proteins.
   • The i-mass Web site has feature articles on mass spectrometry as well as links to useful tools
   • Inorganic Ventures is a manufacturer of certified reference materials. Their Web page contains useful information on methods for trace analysis. Consult their Analytical Periodic Table and library of articles for starters in your search of their site.
   • NEMI (The National Environmental Methods Index) is a database of methods for environmental monitoring. In some cases, the full protocol for the analysis of a substance is provided.
   • Robert Beynon who is at the Department of Biomolecular Sciences, UMIST, Manchester, UK maintains Buffer Solutions, an interactive WWW page that allows one to design a buffer with the desired pH. He considers the effect of ionic strength and temperature.
   • NMAM, the NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods, provides an extensive collection of protocols for the analysis of a wide variety of substances.
   • An EPA site is devoted to Analytical Methods for Safe Drinking Water.
     Another EPA site with analytical protocols provide an on-line access to the SW-846 manual.
   • The Analytical Sciences Digital Library (ASDL Library) is a peer-reviewed digital collection of analytical methods and applications. Teaching resources are also provided.
   • Ion Spec maintains a set of tutorials on techniques in mass spectrometry including FTMS.

4. Chemometrics and Data Analysis
   • The CITA Web site provides a thorough discussion of uncertainty in analytical measurements. The document Quantifying Uncertainty in Analytical Measurements is available in both html and pdf formats.
   • Multisimplex Corp. has a web site with links to software and to discussions of factorial design and the simplex algorithm.
   • The chemometrics page maintained at the University of Aberystwyth gives an overview of the field and provides examples from pyrolysis mass spectrometry and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy.

last updated, 3 August 2006