Three notable content differences are the inclusion of ladder diagrams for evaluating equilibria, a chapter on kinetic methods of analysis, and a chapter on developing a standard method. Much of the material in the kinetic methods chapter is also likely to be covered in a physical chemistry course, but the section on flow injection analysis is certainly applicable to the quantitative analysis curriculum. Content differences aside, there are other features in Modern Analytical Chemistry that make it quite attractive. First, concepts are presented with clear explanations in a relaxed, conversational writing style. Students reading the text should find it accessible and uncluttered.
Material is supported by a respectable number of problems at the end of the chapter.
The solutions manual is complete and provides excellent coaching on each step involved in arriving at the final answer. Literature references are incorporated into the text and are for the most part very current. Each chapter also has a fairly extensive list of suggested readings, which are nicely divided between journals and books. The inclusion of a significant number of articles from the Journal of Chemical Education should make it possible to send students to the literature with the expectation that what they find will be written in such a way that they can make use of it. One challenge to writing a quantitative analysis textbook is trying to provide laboratory activities that are useful to the instructor.