Water Analysis A Practical Guide to Physico-Chemical, Chemical and Microbiological Water Examination and Quality Assurance

1977 saw the publication of "A Collection of Methods for Water Analysis", a three-volume work in ring-binder form compiled by W. Fresenius and W. Schneider for the GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fUr Technische Zusammenarbeit), 6236 Eschborn 1, FRG. This publication was geared to the needs of a...

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Other Authors: Fresenius, Wilhelm (Editor), Quentin, Karl E. (Editor), Schneider, Wilhelm (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1988, 1988
Edition:1st ed. 1988
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 6 Evaluation of Analysis Data
  • 6.1 Introduction to statistical evaluation
  • 6.2 Applications of statistical methods in water analysis
  • 6.3 Quality control
  • 6.4 Data evaluation
  • 6.5 Time-series analyses
  • 6.6 Technical advice
  • 6.7 Assessment of water analysis findings
  • 7 Subject Index
  • 1 Introduction, Sampling, Local Testing, etc.
  • 1.1 General
  • 1.2 Local inspection and sampling of water
  • 1.3 Techniques of water sampling
  • 1.4 Water sampling in practice
  • 1.5 Special instructions for sampling water of various origins and for various investigation purposes
  • 1.6 Local investigations (see also 1.7)
  • 1.7 Local analyses (see also 1.6)
  • 2 Theoretical Introduction to Selected Methods of Water Analysis (Classic and Instrumental Methods)
  • 2.1 Concentration processes such as evaporation, distillation, precipitation, coprecipitation, adsorption, ion exchange and extraction
  • 2.2 Electrochemical processes of analysis
  • 2.3 Spectrophotometry (or photometry)
  • 2.4 Flame-emission spectrophotometry (FES)
  • 2.5 Emission spectrum analysis
  • 2.6 X-ray Fluorescence Analysis
  • 2.7 Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)
  • 2.8 Atomic Emission Spectrometry with Inductively Coupled Plasma Excitation (ICP-AES)
  • 2.9 Fluorescence Spectrometry
  • 2.10 Infrared Spectroscopy
  • 2.11 Chromatographic methods
  • 2.12 Introduction to gas chromatography
  • 2.13 Gas-chromatographic headspace analysis (cf. also Chapter 4)
  • 2.14 High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
  • 2.15 Ion chromatography
  • 2.16 Radiochemical analysis of water samples (Introduction)
  • 2.17 Enzymatic Analysis
  • 3 Inorganic Parameters
  • 3.1 Total parameters
  • 3.2 Anions
  • 3.3 Cations
  • 3.4 Trace substances (inorganic) (For ICP-AES determination of 24 elements see Section 3.3.12)
  • 3.5 Undissociated substances (for H2S see also Sections 3.1 and 3.6)
  • 3.6 Gaseous Substances
  • 3.7 Radioactivity measurements in water (see also Chapter 2)
  • 4 Organic Parameters
  • 4.1 Overall organic parameters
  • 4.2 Organic compounds
  • 5 Biological Analysis
  • 5.1 Significance of biological and ecological investigations when evaluating the quality of flowing water
  • 5.2 Microbiological water analysis
  • 5.3 Biological toxicity tests