analytical chemistry April 1974, Vol. 46, No. 4 Editor: HERBERT A. LAITINEN
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C o n t r i b u t i n g Editor: Claude A. Lucchesi Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. 60201
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A New Feature For several years there have been discussions among the editorial staff and Advisory Board about the desirability of broadening the editorial coverage of Analytical Chemistry even further by some sort of feature that would stress the application of analytical methodology to the solution of problems, rather than the development of the methodology itself. The idea, while recognized as having merit, floundered for several years because of obvious problems that could be foreseen. These included the possible difficulty of obtaining the release of pertinent information from industrial laboratories where most of the examples would originate, the possible narrowness of appeal to a small group interested in a specific problem, the difficulty of maintaining quality over a period of time, and several others. With the cooperation of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, a symposium was scheduled for the Chicago ACS meeting in August 1973. The symposium was organized by Dr. Claude A. Lucchesi, who had an exceptional background in having had several years of experience in an industrial laboratory prior to his present academic appointment which involves a service as well as a teaching function a t Northwestern University. Dr. Lucchesi agreed to an experimental appointment as a contributing editor in 1974, during which four articles arising from the ACS symposium will be published. Dr. Lucchesi will work with editorial staff members to prepare articles of content and style designed to appeal primarily to working analysts. The first, based on Dr. Lucchesi’s own industrial experience, begins on p 433A. His account of the origins of the new feature appears in the Editors’ Column, p 451A. It is hoped that the articles will illustrate principles applicable to a variety of situations, rather than just t o the specific .problem at hand. It is also hoped that the articles will prove educational to students and teachers in describing actual problems confronted by the practicing analytical chemist. Finally, it is hoped that readers will give us the benefit of their opinions as to the usefulness of the experimental articles, as well as providing material for future articles so that the feature may appear more frequently in the years to come.
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