Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry 3e - Applications in Environmental, Food and Materials Analysis, Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

Updated and revised, this best-selling title provides a current overview from an analytical chemist's point of view. The authors are experienced analytical chemists themselves and thus know exactly how to explain the complex statistics. They are also able to discuss the practicalities and provide many helpful practical hints, making this book unique compared to other works in the field.
Following an introductory chapter, the book devotes one section each to the four phases of quality assurance: establishing the quality characteristics of a new method, making the process operational, use of the process through routine analysis, and external QA through interlaboratory comparisons and audits. A final chapter provides the necessary definitions.
This new to edition reflects the latest developments, including several changes and updates due to the recent changes in standardization, as well as around 15% completely new content.
The accompanying CD contains interactive examples as Excel spreadsheets for learning by doing. These allow readers to gain en even better understanding of the statistical procedures by incorporating their own data.