Reviews for Principles of Instrumental Analysis

The average rating for Principles of Instrumental Analysis based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-01-24 00:00:00 Mike Lemay The third edition of this book was reasonably strong in the late 1980s when it was new, but new analytical techniques have rendered it out of date. It is a good text for spectroscopic and chromatographic methods (although some newer techniques here are absent). But it has almost nothing on surface analysis techniques. Probe microscopy techniques and even electron microscopy are missing. It does a good job of teaching the material it contains, but doesn't cover enough of the field any more to be a reasonable choice for learning instrumental analysis.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-04-18 00:00:00 Joshua King A very direct and useful description of most instrumental methods. As expected of any good science textbook, the theory was supplemented with various real-world application and exercises that make the reader understand beyond the "how" of these instruments, and push into the "why". I would recommend it for anyone who needs a reference book for chemical instrumental analysis.