Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols.

About the Authors.

1. The Need for Reliable Results.

2. General Principles of Quality Assurance and Quality Control.

3. Sampling.

4. Preparing for Analysis.

5. Making Measurements.

6. Data treatment.

7. Benchmarking Your Laboratory.

8. Documentation and its Management.

9. Managing Quality.

Appendix:Two-Tailed Critical Values for Student t-Tests.

Responses to Self-Assessment Questions.

Bibliography.

Glossary of Terms.

SI Units and Physical Constants.

Periodic Table.

Index.