Sampling and Sample Preparation

In collaboration with a number of very experienced colleagues working in dif­ book has tried to contribute to a better ferent research areas, the editor of this understanding of these particular error sources and how they can be overcome in a series of training courses held during the last decade at the "Haus der Technik", Essen, Germany. This book describes in great detail sampling and sample preparation in routine and research. All chapters are written for practitioners by experts in the field. The book provides well-documented and illustrated procedures for sampling and sample preparation prior to trace metal analysis. A careful selection of appropriate references to pitfalls, methods and strategies furnishes the information for a proper performance of the most crucial steps of any analytical procedure.