A practical introduction to one of the more popular separation techniques. Readers will learn to perform separations and will develop the ability to make an educated guess as to what the conditions will be to separate a new mixture of compounds.

Obviously, there is no substitute for practical work, but the inclusion of the work sheets in Section 6 gives the reader the opportunity to work through a real life case study, interpreting the analysis as required.

This book is designed to introduce researchers and technicians to the various practical aspects of colorimetry and UV/visible spectrometry in quantitative and qualitative analysis. Both basic principles and instrumental requirements are discussed in the context of examples from îreal' analyses, and the many in-text self assessment questions allow the student to assess and control his/her rate of progress and understanding.