Quantitative Chemical Analysis 9th edition

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Daniel C. Harris
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  • Chapter T: WebAssign Answer Templates and Tutorials
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  • Chapter 0: The Analytical Process
    • 0.1: The Analytical Chemist's Job
    • 0.2: General Steps in a Chemical Analysis (6)
    • 0: Extra Problems
    • 0: Test Bank (19)

  • Chapter 1: Chemical Measurements
    • 1.1: SI Units (12)
    • 1.2: Chemical Concentration (17)
    • 1.3: Preparing Solutions (6)
    • 1.4: Stoichiometry Calculations for Gravimetric Analysis (3)
    • 1: Extra Problems
    • 1: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 2: Tools of the Trade
    • 2.1: Safe, Ethical Handling of Chemicals and Waste
    • 2.2: The Lab Notebook (5)
    • 2.3: Analytical Balance (10)
    • 2.4: Burets
    • 2.5: Volumetric Flasks
    • 2.6: Pipets and Syringes
    • 2.7: Filtration
    • 2.8: Drying
    • 2.9: Calibration of Volumetric Glassware (16)
    • 2.10: Introduction to Microsoft Excel®
    • 2.11: Graphing with Microsoft Excel
    • 2: Extra Problems
    • 2: Test Bank (19)

  • Chapter 3: Experimental Error
    • 3.1: Significant Figures
    • 3.2: Significant Figures in Arithmetic (8)
    • 3.3: Types of Error (6)
    • 3.4: Propagation of Uncertainty from Random Error
    • 3.5: Propagation of Uncertainty from Systematic Error (9)
    • 3: Extra Problems (3)
    • 3: Test Bank (17)

  • Chapter 4: Statistics
    • 4.1: Gaussian Distribution (10)
    • 4.2: Comparison of Standard Deviations with the F Test
    • 4.3: Confidence Intervals
    • 4.4: Comparison of Means with Student's t
    • 4.5: t Tests with a Spreadsheet
    • 4.6: Grubbs Test for an Outlier (17)
    • 4.7: The Method of Least Squares (5)
    • 4.8: Calibration Curves (10)
    • 4.9: A Spreadsheet for Least Squares
    • 4: Extra Problems
    • 4: Test Bank (16)

  • Chapter 5: Quality Assurance and Calibration Methods
    • 5.1: Basics of Quality Assurance
    • 5.2: Method Validation (21)
    • 5.3: Standard Addition (10)
    • 5.4: Internal Standards (6)
    • 5: Extra Problems
    • 5: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 6: Chemical Equilibrium
    • 6.1: The Equilibrium Constant
    • 6.2: Equilibrium and Thermodynamics (13)
    • 6.3: Solubility Product (8)
    • 6.4: Complex Formation (6)
    • 6.5: Protic Acids and Bases (8)
    • 6.6: pH (5)
    • 6.7: Strengths of Acids and Bases (14)
    • 6: Extra Problems
    • 6: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 7: Let the Titrations Begin
    • 7.1: Titrations
    • 7.2: Titration Calculations (16)
    • 7.3: Precipitation Titration Curves (5)
    • 7.4: Titration of a Mixture (5)
    • 7.5: Calculating Titration Curves with a Spreadsheet (4)
    • 7.6: End-Point Detection (5)
    • 7: Extra Problems
    • 7: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 8: Activity and the Systematic Treatment of Equilibrium
    • 8.1: The Effect of Ionic Strength on Solubility of Salts
    • 8.2: Activity Coefficients (14)
    • 8.3: pH Revisited
    • 8.4: Systematic Treatment of Equilibrium (19)
    • 8.5: Applying the Systematic Treatment of Equilibrium
    • 8: Extra Problems
    • 8: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 9: Monoprotic Acid-Base Equilibria
    • 9.1: Strong Acids and Bases (4)
    • 9.2: Weak Acids and Bases
    • 9.3: Weak-Acid Equilibria (13)
    • 9.4: Weak-Base Equilibria (8)
    • 9.5: Buffers (26)
    • 9: Extra Problems
    • 9: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 10: Polyprotic Acid-Base Equilibria
    • 10.1: Diprotic Acids and Bases (11)
    • 10.2: Diprotic Buffers (4)
    • 10.3: Polyprotic Acids and Bases (7)
    • 10.4: Which Is the Principal Species? (4)
    • 10.5: Fractional Composition Equations (12)
    • 10.6: Isoelectric and Isoionic pH (5)
    • 10: Extra Problems
    • 10: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 11: Acid-Base Titrations
    • 11.1: Titration of Strong Base with Strong Acid (4)
    • 11.2: Titration of Weak Acid with Strong Base (11)
    • 11.3: Titration of Weak Base with Strong Acid (8)
    • 11.4: Titrations in Diprotic Systems (18)
    • 11.5: Finding the End Point with a pH Electrode (3)
    • 11.6: Finding the End Point with Indicators (13)
    • 11.7: Practical Notes
    • 11.8: Kjeldahl Nitrogen Analysis
    • 11.9: The Leveling Effect (17)
    • 11.10: Calculating Titration Curves with Spreadsheets (9)
    • 11.11: Using Beer's Law with Indicators* (2)
    • 11: Extra Problems
    • 11: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 12: EDTA Titrations
    • 12.1: Metal-Chelate Complexes
    • 12.2: EDTA (5)
    • 12.3: EDTA Titration Curves (10)
    • 12.4: Do It with a Spreadsheet
    • 12.5: Auxiliary Complexing Agents (9)
    • 12.6: Metal Ion Indicators (4)
    • 12.7: EDTA Titration Techniques (11)
    • 12: Extra Problems
    • 12: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 13: Advanced Topics in Equilibrium
    • 13.1: General Approach to Acid-Base Systems
    • 13.2: Activity Coefficients
    • 13.3: Dependence of Solubility on pH
    • 13.4: Analyzing Acid-Base Titrations with Difference Plots (17)
    • 13: Extra Problems
    • 13: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 14: Fundamentals of Electrochemistry
    • 14.1: Basic Concepts (6)
    • 14.2: Galvanic Cells (5)
    • 14.3: Standard Potentials (2)
    • 14.4: Nernst Equation (14)
    • 14.5: E° and the Equilibrium Constant (12)
    • 14.6: Cells as Chemical Probes (7)
    • 14.7: Biochemists Use E°' (7)
    • 14: Extra Problems
    • 14: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 15: Electrodes and Potentiometry
    • 15.1: Reference Electrodes (5)
    • 15.2: Indicator Electrodes (6)
    • 15.3: What Is a Junction Potential? (9)
    • 15.4: How Ion-Selective Electrodes Work
    • 15.5: pH Measurement with a Glass Electrode (11)
    • 15.6: Ion-Selective Electrodes
    • 15.7: Using Ion-Selective Electrodes (21)
    • 15.8: Solid-State Chemical Sensors (2)
    • 15: Extra Problems
    • 15: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 16: Redox Titrations
    • 16.1: The Shape of a Redox Titration Curve (8)
    • 16.2: Finding the End Point (2)
    • 16.3: Adjustment of Analyte Oxidation State (4)
    • 16.4: Oxidation with Potassium Permanganate
    • 16.5: Oxidation with Ce4+
    • 16.6: Oxidation with Potassium Dichromate (10)
    • 16.7: Methods Involving Iodine (16)
    • 16: Extra Problems
    • 16: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 17: Electroanalytical Techniques
    • 17.1: Fundamentals of Electrolysis (9)
    • 17.2: Electrogravimetric Analysis (4)
    • 17.3: Coulometry (11)
    • 17.4: Amperometry (4)
    • 17.5: Voltammetry (14)
    • 17.6: Karl Fischer Titration of H2O (2)
    • 17: Extra Problems
    • 17: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 18: Fundamentals of Spectrophotometry
    • 18.1: Properties of Light (5)
    • 18.2: Absorption of Light
    • 18.3: Measuring Absorbance (11)
    • 18.4: Beer's Law in Chemical Analysis (9)
    • 18.5: Spectrophotometric Titrations (8)
    • 18.6: What Happens When a Molecule Absorbs Light?
    • 18.7: Luminescence (10)
    • 18: Extra Problems
    • 18: Test Bank (18)

  • Chapter 19: Applications of Spectrophotometry
    • 19.1: Analysis of a Mixture (10)
    • 19.2: Measuring an Equilibrium Constant (6)
    • 19.3: The Method of Continuous Variation (6)
    • 19.4: Flow Injection Analysis and Sequential Injection
    • 19.5: Immunoassays
    • 19.6: Sensors Based on Luminescence Quenching (7)
    • 19: Extra Problems
    • 19: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 20: Spectrophotometers
    • 20.1: Lamps and Lasers: Sources of Light
    • 20.2: Monochromators
    • 20.3: Detectors (16)
    • 20.4: Optical Sensors (11)
    • 20.5: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (2)
    • 20.6: Dealing with Noise (9)
    • 20: Extra Problems
    • 20: Test Bank (16)

  • Chapter 21: Atomic Spectroscopy
    • 21.1: An Overview
    • 21.2: Atomization: Flames, Furnaces, and Plasmas
    • 21.3: How Temperature Affects Atomic Spectroscopy
    • 21.4: Instrumentation
    • 21.5: Interference
    • 21.6: Sampling by Laser Ablation (19)
    • 21.7: Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (8)
    • 21.8: X-ray Fluorescence (6)
    • 21: Extra Problems
    • 21: Test Bank (19)

  • Chapter 22: Mass Spectrometry
    • 22.1: What Is Mass Spectrometry? (7)
    • 22.2: Oh, Mass Spectrum, Speak to Me! (17)
    • 22.3: Types of Mass Spectrometers (6)
    • 22.4: Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Interfaces
    • 22.5: Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Techniques
    • 22.6: Open-Air Sampling for Mass Spectrometry (12)
    • 22.7: Ion Mobility Spectrometry
    • 22: Extra Problems
    • 22: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 23: Introduction to Analytical Separations
    • 23.1: Solvent Extraction (16)
    • 23.2: What Is Chromatography?
    • 23.3: A Plumber's View of Chromatography (15)
    • 23.4: Efficiency of Separation
    • 23.5: Why Bands Spread (17)
    • 23: Extra Problems
    • 23: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 24: Gas Chromatography
    • 24.1: The Separation Process in Gas Chromatography
    • 24.2: Sample Injection
    • 24.3: Detectors
    • 24.4: Sample Preparation
    • 24.5: Method Development in Gas Chromatography (39)
    • 24: Extra Problems
    • 24: Test Bank (18)

  • Chapter 25: High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
    • 25.1: The Chromatographic Process
    • 25.2: Injection and Detection in HPLC (26)
    • 25.3: Method Development for Reversed-Phase Separations (21)
    • 25.4: Gradient Separations
    • 25.5: Do it with a Computer
    • 25: Extra Problems
    • 25: Test Bank (18)

  • Chapter 26: Chromatographic Methods and Capillary Electrophoresis
    • 26.1: Ion-Exchange Chromatography
    • 26.2: Ion Chromatography (17)
    • 26.3: Molecular Exclusion Chromatography
    • 26.4: Affinity Chromatography
    • 26.5: Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography (8)
    • 26.6: Principles of Capillary Electrophoresis
    • 26.7: Conducting Capillary Electrophoresis (21)
    • 26.8: Lab-on-a-Chip: DNA Profiling
    • 26: Extra Problems
    • 26: Test Bank (17)

  • Chapter 27: Gravimetric and Combustion Analysis
    • 27.1: An Example of Gravimetric Analysis
    • 27.2: Precipitation
    • 27.3: Examples of Gravimetric Calculations (27)
    • 27.4: Combustion Analysis (11)
    • 27: Extra Problems
    • 27: Test Bank (15)

  • Chapter 28: Sample Preparation
    • 28.1: Statistics of Sampling (11)
    • 28.2: Dissolving Samples for Analysis
    • 28.3: Sample Preparation Techniques (14)
    • 28: Extra Problems
    • 28: Test Bank (15)


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Chapter 0: The Analytical Process
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Chapter 1: Chemical Measurements
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Chapter 2: Tools of the Trade
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Chapter 3: Experimental Error
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Chapter 4: Statistics
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Chapter 5: Quality Assurance and Calibration Methods
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Chapter 6: Chemical Equilibrium
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Chapter 7: Let the Titrations Begin
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Chapter 8: Activity and the Systematic Treatment of Equilibrium
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Chapter 9: Monoprotic Acid-Base Equilibria
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Chapter 10: Polyprotic Acid-Base Equilibria
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Chapter 11: Acid-Base Titrations
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Chapter 12: EDTA Titrations
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Chapter 13: Advanced Topics in Equilibrium
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Chapter 14: Fundamentals of Electrochemistry
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Chapter 15: Electrodes and Potentiometry
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Chapter 16: Redox Titrations
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Chapter 17: Electroanalytical Techniques
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Chapter 18: Fundamentals of Spectrophotometry
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Chapter 19: Applications of Spectrophotometry
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Chapter 20: Spectrophotometers
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Chapter 21: Atomic Spectroscopy
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Chapter 22: Mass Spectrometry
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Chapter 23: Introduction to Analytical Separations
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Chapter 24: Gas Chromatography
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Chapter 25: High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
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Chapter 26: Chromatographic Methods and Capillary Electrophoresis
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Chapter 27: Gravimetric and Combustion Analysis
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Chapter 28: Sample Preparation
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