Modern Sample Preparation for Chromatography. Edition No. 2

Table of Contents

Part 1 General concepts in sample preparation 1. Preliminaries to sample preparation 2. The role of sample preparation 3. Chromatography as a core step for an analytical procedure Part 2 Main sample preparation techniques 4. Mechanical processing in sample preparation 5. Phase transfer in sample preparation 6. Solvent extraction 7. Solid-phase extraction 8. Chromatographic procedures as preliminary separations 9. Membrane separations as sample preparation techniques 10. Electroseparations in sample preparation 11. Other separation techniques in sample preparation 12. The role of derivatization in chromatography 13. Chemical reactions used in analytical derivatizations 14. Chemical degradation of polymers for chromatographic analysis 15. Comments on sample preparation in chromatography for different types of materials

Authors

Serban C. Moldoveanu Senior Principal Scientist, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Dr. Serban C. Moldoveanu is Senior Principal Scientist at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. His research activity is focused on various aspects of chromatography including method development for the analysis by GC/MS, HPLC, and LC/MS/MS of natural products and cigarette smoke. He has also performed research on pyrolysis of a variety of polymers and small molecules. He has over 100 publications in peer reviewed journals, eleven books, and several chapter contributions. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry. Victor David Professor and Head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Victor David is a Professor and Head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania. He is the author of more than 120 publications, including 92 scientific papers in ISI international journals and 10 books and chapters in various Encyclopedias. He is also a reviewer at several international journals.