A series of books on the Techniques in Analytical Chemistry would be incomplete without a volume on gas chromatography (GC), undoubtedly
the most widely used analytical technique. Over 40 years in development,
GC has become a mature method of analysis and one that is not likely to
fade in popularity.
In the early years of development of GC, many books were written to
inform analysts of the latest developments. Few of them have been kept
up-to-date and few new ones have appeared, so that a satisfactory single
introductory text does not exist. This book attempts to meet that need. It
is based in part on the earlier work by the same title, Basic Gas Chromatog-
raphy, co-authored by McNair and Bonelli and published by Varian Instru-
ments. Some material is also drawn from the earlier Wiley book by Miller,
Chromatography: Concepts and Contrasts.