Handbook of Water Analysis
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 961
ISBN-13: 9781439889664
Subjects: Water; Handbooks, manuals; Analysis
Description: Extensively revised and updated, Handbook of Water Analysis, Third Edition provides current analytical techniques for detecting various compounds in water samples. Maintaining the detailed and accessible style of the previous editions, this third edition demonstrates water sampling and preservation methods by enumerating different ways to measure chemical and radiological characteristics. It gives step-by-step descriptions of separation, residue determination, and clean-up techniques for a variety of fresh- and saltwater. See What's New in the Second Edition: Includes five new chapters coverin.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1; title: Sampling Methods in Surface Waters; Chapter 2; title: Methods of Treatment of Data; Chapter 3; title: Radioanalytical Methodology for Water Analysis; Chapter 4; title: Organoleptical Methodology; Chapter 5; title: Bacteriological Analysis of Water; Chapter 6; title: Marine Toxins Analysis; Chapter 7; title: Algal Analysis; Chapter 8; title: Halogens; Chapter 9; title: Analysis of Sulfur Compounds in Water; Chapter 10; title: Determination of Ammonia in Water Samples; Chapter 11; title: Nitrites and Nitrates; Chapter 12; title: Phosphates in Aquatic Systems; Chapter 13; title: Cyanides.; title: Chapter 14; title: Asbestos in WaterChapter 15; title: Heavy Metals, Major Metals, Trace Elements; Chapter 16; title: Determination of Silicon and Silicates; Chapter 17; title: Main Parameters and Assays Involved with the Organic Pollution of Water; Chapter 18; title: Determination of Organic Nitrogen in the Aquatic Environment; Chapter 19; title: Determination of Urea in Aquatic Samples; Chapter 20; title: Organic Acids; Chapter 21; title: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Water; Chapter 22; title: Determination of Phenolic Compounds in Water; Chapter 23; title: Characterization of Humic Matter.; title: Chapter 24; title: Determination of Pesticides in WaterChapter 25; title: Analysis of Herbicide and Fungicide Residues in Waters; Chapter 26; title: Analysis of PCBs in Waters; Chapter 27; title: PCDDs and PCDFs; Chapter 28; title: Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Chapter 29; title: Surfactants; Chapter 30; title: Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analysis; Chapter 31; title: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Personal Care Products; Chapter 32; title: Residues of Plastics; Back Cover.