Chromatography: Concepts and Contrasts

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 520 pages
• Published by: Wiley-Interscience
• Edition: 2nd Edition November 29, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0471472077
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471472070
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 1.9 pounds

Product Review
"…a practical, hands-on approach…" (CHOICE, July 2005)

"…an great introduction to all the chromatographic techniques for both the industrial practitioner and the…student because of its unified treatment, its modern approach, and up-to-date references." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 29, 2005)

"Professor Miller should be congratulated for the bookshould be on the shelf of every practicing chromatographerstudents taking separations science courses could also use it as their standard textbook." (Chromatographia, February 2005)

Product Description
The first edition of Chromatography: Concepts and Contrasts, published in 1988, was one of the first books to discuss all the different types of chromatography under one cover. The second edition continues with these principles but has been updated to include new chapters on sampling and sample preparation, capillary electrophoresis and capillary electrochromatography (CEC), chromatography with mass spec detection, and industrial and governmental practices in regulated industries.
* Covers extraction, solid phase extraction (SPE), and solid phase microextraction (SPME), and introduces mass spectrometry.
* Updated with the latest techniques in chromatography.
* Discusses both liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC).

Reader Reviews
The text is readable, but tends to be somewhat repetitive in parts. There seems to be some sections that could be covered more in depth, but for a general overview of chromatography, this books seems to be decent enough. In the graduate course I'm taking, this text book is supplemented with journal articles to fill in some of the missing depth. This structure seems to work well.