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Record Nr.

UNINA9910840669003321

Autore

Prichard F. Elizabeth (Florence Elizabeth)

Titolo

Quality assurance in analytical chemistry [[electronic resource] /] / Elizabeth Prichard and Vicki Barwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons

[Teddington, Middlesex], : VAM/LGC, c2007

ISBN

1-280-97410-9

9786610974108

0-470-51777-8

0-470-51776-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

Analytical techniques in the sciences

Altri autori (Persone)

BarwickVicki

Disciplina

543.0685

543.19

Soggetti

Chemical laboratories - Quality control

Chemistry, Analytic - Quality control

Chemistry, Analytic - Technique

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-276) and index.

Nota di contenuto

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Contents; Series Preface; 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

Sommario/riassunto

The issue of quality assurance in the analytical chemistry laboratory has become of great importance in recent years. Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry introduces the reader to the whole concept of quality assurance. It discusses how a