The present book is part of series published on Spectrophotometric methods for determination of various chemical elements. Since rare earth elements are most important industrial chemical elements their analysis using simple and inexpensive methods is of utmost importance. The present book is an important milestone in this area. Most of the methods described are simple yet well evidenced developed by the experts of the area. The book is written in do it yourself style in lucid and comprehensive way so that analyst with no prior expertise can use it. Academia and industry sector analyst will be true beneficiaries of this book.

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Prof A.K.Goswami is a retired professor of M L Sukhadia University, Udaipur India. He taught in the university for more than 30 years and has a long standing in the research area of coordination chemistry. He has a very accomplished track of research in the area of metal complexes, bio inorganic chemistry and applicable analytical reagents for the spectrophotometric determination of transition metals. He has published 130 plus research paper and ten reviews in most impacted journals. Under his able mentorship 30 students were successfully awarded Ph.D. degree. He has been an able administrator and he worked on various positions, as Dean, Honorary Librarian and Member Board of Management of the university. Post retirement, he is contributing to society by working in the rural areas for promotion of science in marginalized schools and section of society. He is an author of more than ten books, covering his research areas like, spectrophotometric determination of transition metals, adsorption, and medicinal bio inorganic chemistry.