This book of general analytical chemistry - as opposed to instrumental analysis or separation methods - in aqueous solutions is focuses on fundamentals, which is an area too often overlooked in the literature. Explanations abound of the chemical and physical principles of different operations of chemical analysis in aqueous solutions. Once these principle are firmly established, numerous examples of applications are also given.

Klappentext
This book of general analytical chemistry as opposed to instrumental analysis or separation methods in aqueous solutions is focuses on fundamentals, which is an area too often overlooked in the literature. Explanations abound of the chemical and physical principles of different operations of chemical analysis in aqueous solutions. Once these principle are firmly established, numerous examples of applications are also given.

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From the Contents: Solvents--Composition of Solutions.- Chemical Thermodynamics, Fundamentals.- Activities and Activity Coefficients.- Definitions of Acids and Bases--Strengths of Acids and Bases.- Calculation of pH of Aqueous Solutions.- Buffer Solutions.- Titrations, Fundamentals.- Indicators Used in Acid-Base Titrations.- Acid-Base Titration Curves.- Acid-Base Titrations: Further Theoretical Considerations.- Acid-Base Reactions and Chemical Analysis.- Oxdoreduction, Fundamentals.- Redox Reactions and Electrochemical Cells.- Forecasting Redox Reactions.- Forecasting Redox Reactions with Graphical Methods.- Calculation of the Potential of Solutions Containing Several Redox Couples--Redox Titrations, Fundamentals.- Study of some Redox Titration Curves.- Oxydoreductimetry--Iodometry.- Iodometry in Basic Medium, Iodatometry, Periodimetry, and Bromometry.- Manganimetry, Chromimetry, and Cerimetry.- Some Applications of Redox Reactions in Qualitative Analysis.- Complexes, Fundamentals--Symbolism and Terminology.- Some Points Concerning the Chemistry of Complexes.- Superimposition of Miscellaneous Equilibria to that of the Complex Formation.- Conditional Constants.- Mercurimetry (Votocek-Dubsky's Method).- Titrations with E.D.T.A.