The importance of accurate sample preparation techniques cannot be overstated — meticulous sample preparation is essential. Often overlooked, it is the midway point where the analytes from the sample matrix are transformed so they are suitable for analysis. Even the best analytical techniques cannot rectify problems generated by sloppy sample pretreatment.

Devoted entirely to teaching and reinforcing these necessary pretreatment steps, Sample Preparation Techniques in Analytical Chemistry addresses diverse aspects of this important measurement step. These include:
* State-of-the-art extraction techniques for organic and inorganic analytes
* Sample preparation in biological measurements
* Sample pretreatment in microscopy
* Surface enhancement as a sample preparation tool in Raman and IR spectroscopy
* Sample concentration and clean-up methods
* Quality control steps

Designed to serve as a text in an undergraduate or graduate level curriculum, Sample Preparation Techniques in Analytical Chemistry also provides an invaluable reference tool for analytical chemists in the chemical, biological, pharmaceutical, environmental, and materials sciences.Content:
Chapter 1 Sample Preparation: An Analytical Perspective (pages 1–36): Somenath Mitra and Roman Brukh
Chapter 2 Principles of Extraction and the Extraction of Semivolatile Organics from Liquids (pages 37–138): Martha J. M. Wells
Chapter 3 Extraction of Semivolatile Organic Compounds from Solid Matrices (pages 139–182): Dawen Kou and Somenath Mitra
Chapter 4 Extraction of Volatile Organic Compounds from Solids and Liquids (pages 183–225): Gregory C. Slack, Nicholas H. Snow and Dawen Kou
Chapter 5 Preparation of Samples for Metals Analysis (pages 227–270): Barbara B. Kebbekus
Chapter 6 Sample Preparation in DNA Analysis (pages 271–300): Satish Parimoo and Bhama Parimoo
Chapter 7 Sample Preparation in RNA Analysis (pages 301–330): Bhama Parimoo and Satish Parimoo
Chapter 8 Techniques for the Extraction, Isolation, and Purification of Nucleic Acids (pages 331–375): Mahesh Karwa and Somenath Mitra
Chapter 9 Sample Preparation for Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization of Solid Surfaces and Films (pages 377–411): Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay
Chapter 10 Surface Enhancement by Sample and Substrate Preparation Techniques in Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy (pages 413–437): Zafar Iqbal