ABSTRACT

Equipment used for the analysis of water is frequently insufficiently sensitive to be able to detect the low concentrations of organic and inorganic substances present in samples. Applying preconcentration to the sample prior to analysis means the results gained are more accurate and can be used to report trends more effectively. Each chapter of Pr

chapter 1|34 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|59 pages

Organics: Macroreticular non-polar resins

chapter 4|9 pages

Organics: Cation exchange resins

chapter 5|6 pages

Organics: Anion exchange resins

chapter 8|9 pages

Organics: Polyurethane foam adsorbent

chapter 10|11 pages

Organics: Active carbon adsorbent

chapter 11|3 pages

Organics: Coprecipitation techniques

chapter 13|35 pages

Organics: Solvent extraction methods

chapter 14|6 pages

Organics: Supercritical flui dextraction

chapter 15|31 pages

Organics: Static headspace analysis

chapter 17|14 pages

Organics: Other preconcentration techniques

chapter 21|21 pages

Cations: Adsorption on immobilise dchelators

chapter 23|6 pages

Cations: Adsorption on active carbo n

chapter 24|17 pages

Cations: Adsorption on anion exchange resins

chapter 28|10 pages

Cations: Organic coprecipitatio ntechnique s

chapter 30|37 pages

Preconcentration of multicatio nmixture s

chapter 31|13 pages

Cations: On-line preconcentratio ntechniques

chapter 32|33 pages

Rationale, preconcentratio nof cations

chapter 33|11 pages

Detection limit sachievable for cations

chapter 35|4 pages

Anions: Adsorption on solids

chapter 36|4 pages

Anions: Adsorption on io nexchang eresins

chapter 37|2 pages

Anions: Adsorption on metal oxides

chapter 38|6 pages

Anions: Coprecipitation procedures

chapter 40|5 pages

Rationale, preconcentratio nof anions