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resenting discussions on state-ofthe-art techniques and instrumentation used for atmospheric measurements. Measurement Challenges in Atmospheric Chemistry summarizes progress in a variety of areas of atmospheric research and identifies areas that should now be addressed by the research community. It provides in-depth coverage of the measurement of both aerosols and gases and reviews techniques for measuring species in the troposphere and mésosphère. An excellent reference for atmospheric scientists and an ideal introduction to the field for analytical and gas-phase researchers interested in atmospheric measurement. CONTENTS Sampling of Selected Labile Atmospheric Pollutants Automated Measurement of Atmospheric Trace Gases Fast-Response Chemical Sensors Used for Eddy Correlation Flux Measurements Tropospheric Sampling with Aircraft In Situ Measurements of Stratospheric Reactive Trace Gases Probing the Chemical Dynamics of Aerosols Compositional Analysis of Size-Segregated Aerosol Samples Measuring the Strong Acid Content of Atmospheric Aerosol Particles Measurement Challenges of Nitrogen Species in the Atmosphere Analytical Methods Used to Identify Nonmethane Organic Compounds in Ambient Atmospheres Measurement Methods for Peroxy Radicals in the Atmosphere Tropospheric Hydroxy! Radical Measurement of Personal Exposure to Air Pollution
Leonard Newman, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Editor Advances in Chemistry Series No. 232 408 pages (1993) Clothbound ISBN 0-8412-2470-6 $94.9S 0
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Guilbault), F E T - b a s e d b i o s e n s o r s (Toshihide Kuriyama and J u n Kimura), and chemically mediated fiberoptic biosensors (Bernhard Schaffar and Otto Wolfbeis). These chapters give a n e x c e l l e n t p r e s e n t a t i o n of measurement principles, include the equations necessary to develop a basic understanding of the biosensors discussed, a n d i n c o r p o r a t e useful a n d i n f o r m a t i v e figures a n d d i a grams. They are highly recommended for readers unfamiliar with these types of biosensors. Surprisingly, however, two chapt e r s on w h a t are p e r h a p s the most studied types of biosensors are the weakest p r e s e n t a t i o n s in the book. Neither Chapter 2 on amperometric enzyme electrodes nor Chapter 4 on p o t e n t i o m e t r i c enzyme electrodes contains an adequate description of how t h e a n a l y t e c o n c e n t r a t i o n is translated into a current or electrode potential, and both chapters are devoid of equations. Chapter 2, however, does contain a helpful listing of commercially available amperometric enzyme electrodes that describes the performance and the technological basis of each. For a more thorough presentation of the fundamentals of these areas, the reader may wish to consult Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications (A.P.F. Turner, I. Karube, and G. Wilson, Eds.; Oxford University Press, 1987). Despite some shortcomings, Biosensor Principles and Applications is a good i n t r o d u c t i o n to the many fields of b i o s e n s o r r e s e a r c h a n d is recommended for those seeking to learn the fundamentals. However, readers interested in amperometric and pot e n t i o m e t r i c b i o s e n s o r s will find other sources t h a t give b e t t e r presentations of these topics.
Books Received Mass Spectrometry: Clinical and Biomedical Applications, Vol. 1. Dominic M. Desiderio, Ed. xiii + 353 pp. Plenum Press, 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013. 1992. $70 This book describes electrospray ionization of large biomolecules and presents specific clinical applications for MS methods, including analyses of muscle relaxants, endogenous pit u i t a r y neuropeptides, n e u r o t r a n s mitters, cannabinoids, and plateletactivating factor. Applications of MS techniques to the study of inborn errors of metabolism are also described in two chapters. References are current through 1991 with a few references from 1992.
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Statistics for Analytical Chemistry,
3rd ed. J. C. Miller and J. N. Miller. 223 pp. P r e n t i c e - H a l l , Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. 1993. $23 This book is intended to be a guide r a t h e r t h a n a mathematically comprehensive text. Seven chapters include an introduction and describe errors in classical analysis; significance tests; quality control and sampling; r e g r e s s i o n a n d correlation; nonparametric and robust methods; and experimental design, optimization, and p a t t e r n recognition. Each chapter contains an updated bibliography and exercises. Answers, a summary of statistical tests, statistical tables, and an index are included. Silica Gel and Bonded Phases: Their Production, Properties, and
Use in LC. Raymond P. W. Scott, viii + 261 pp. J o h n Wiley & Sons, 605 T h i r d Ave., New York, NY 10016. 1993. $65 This text describes the manufacture, processing, and mechanical and chemical properties of silica gel for LC as they affect the quality of analytical s e p a r a t i o n s . C h a p t e r topics include the history and formation of silica gel, production, test procedures and LC column packing, the chemical n a t u r e of the gel surface, exclusion properties, solvent-solute interactions with the surface, bonded phases and their synthesis, reverse phases, solvent-solute interactions with r e v e r s e d - p h a s e surfaces, and the mechanisms of solute retention in LC and GC. Spectroscopic Methods and Analyses. Christopher Jones, Barbara Mulloy, and Adrian H. Thomas, χ + 395 pp. H u m a n a Press, 999 Riverview Drive, Totowa, NJ 07512. 1993. $60 This book on spectrometric meth ods for protein and nucleotide analy ses is divided into t h r e e p a r t s on NMR, MS, and metalloprotein tech n i q u e s . NMR topics include tech niques for characterizing protein and peptide structures, DNA and D N A drug interactions, carbohydrate moi eties of glycoproteins, polysaccharide s t r u c t u r e s , a n d d y n a m i c a n d ex change processes in macromolecules. MS m e t h o d s include LDMS, 2 5 2 Cf p l a s m a d e s o r p t i o n T O F M S , FAB, and tandem MS. Metalloprotein techniques include Môssbauer, EPR, resonance Raman, and X-ray absorption spectroscopies. The text, illustrated with sample spectra, schematic diagrams, and chemical structures, contains references through 1991.
