Chromatography: Basic Principles, Sample Preparations and Related Methods 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

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Chromatography is an interesting collection of topics on the subject. It is generally well written and covers a broad set of topics that one would see in chromatographic analyses.Chapter 1 is considered an introduction to general concepts. If one has been exposed to chromatography before then this chapter is an excellent set of highlights to topics well worth knowing. It summarizes many of the key issues that one faces in separating using basic chromatographic techniques.Chapter 2 provides an excellent overview of gas chromatography. It provides an overview of most of the major design and analysis techniques and it is an excellent review again for the student who has had prior exposure.Chapter 3 is similarly an excellent set of highlights of key points in HPLC. There are good discussions on how they are designed and function and on their applications and limitations. The discussions on injection techniques are well done especially for those using this for laboratory work. It helps the users better understand what and why they are doing certain procedures. The presentation provides a wealth of extensions into most of the techniques that one would see in a modern application. In addition there are excellent discussions on limitations and issues to be concerned about.Chapter 4 is a similar chapter discussing the issue of TLC. The discussion on two dimensional separations was especially useful and well developed.Chapter 5 extends the results to supercritical fluid chromatography.Chapter 6 is a discussion of Electrophoresis and similar techniques. Although this is often presented as a separate and stand-alone approach to separations the authors provide an excellent integration into a broad base of chromatographic applications.Chapter 7 is chromatography on a chip which is bringing the discussion up to current applications.Overall the book is exceptionally well done. The graphics are generally good and useful, and are in color. Some of them are a bit too small and make for confusing interpretation.The authors in the Preface state:The book aims to aid new users of chromatography, independent of background, to understanding the basics…Unfortunately, in my opinion, one should have had significant prior exposure to chromatography and have done some lab work in the area before using this book. The book is an excellent addition but not a primer. It does not pedagogically present the material in a logical manner. It does cover all of the major topics, basic and advanced. If one had been exposed before then this book helps bring everything into focus.I strongly recommend anyone doing chromatography to have a copy of this at hand. It gives great glimpses of insight. Yet it is not, in my opinion, a good introduction to the subject.

It has a good source of information, the basis, although, you need to go to another book (or reference) in order to complete the lack of details. This book is intended to give a broad overview to these analytical techniques, the chromatography and its derivates, but not to go deeper in the topic.

excellent review of chromatography theory and applications