ABSTRACT
In chemistry, an analytical reagent is a chemical compound, the addition of which causes a chemical reaction and is essential for testing. Use of spectrophotometric reagents to quantitatively determine inorganic compounds and transition metals is one of the oldest methods, still in use despite more sophisticated methods developed and available. Precision and accuracy are two buzz words in analytical chemistry, yet cost-effective spectrophotometry has not found replacement as it incorporates both within a discipline. Expansion, industrialization and scientific development in instrumentation have brought about numerous sophisticated as well as precise analytic methods, yet the spectrophotometric method using analytical reagents has its own place in analytical chemistry. This book has brought forward spectrophotometric determination methods for platinum and palladium.
