UV-VIS spectroscopy plays an important role in analytical chemistry and owes widespread application in physical chemistry, physics, and life sciences. The author has created a detailed and comprehensive reference on all important aspects of UV-VIS spectroscopy; it will be an invaluable source of information for specialists and non-specialists.

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- 2 Principles.- 2.1 The Bouguer-Lambert-Beer Law and Its Practical Application.- 2.2 Primary Photophysical Processes.- 2.3 Vibrational Structure of Electronic Spectra.- 2.4 Electronic Spectra and Molecular Structure.- References.- 3 Photometers and Spectrophotometers.- 3.1 Photometers.- 3.2 Spectrophotometers.- 3.3 The Stray Light Error.- 3.4 Light Sources for UV-VIS Spectroscopy.- References.- 4 Analytical Applications of UV-VIS Spectroscopy.- 4.1 Photometric Determination of a Single Substance.- 4.2 Multicomponent Analysis.- 4.3 Identification and Structure Determination.- 4.4 Chemometrics.- References.- 5 Recent Developments in UV-VIS Spectroscopy.- 5.1 Dual-Wavelength Spectroscopy.- 5.2 Derivative Spectroscopy.- 5.3 Reflectance Spectroscopy.- 5.4 Photoacoustic Spectroscopy.- 5.5 Luminescence-Excitation Spectroscopy.- References.- 6 Investigation of Equilibria.- 6.1 General.- 6.2 Protolytic Equilibria; pK-Values.- 6.3 Complex-Forming Equilibria.- References.- 7 Investigation of the Kinetics of Chemical Reactions.- 7.1 Fundamental Equations of Kinetics.- 7.2 The Number of Linearly Independent Partial Reactions.- 7.3 Evaluation of Kinetic Measurements.- 7.4 Examples.- 7.5 Fast Reactions.- 7.6 Photoreactions.- 7.7 Spectrometers for Kinetic Measurements.- 7.8 Determination of the Spectra of Intermediates.- References.- 8 Evaluation of UV-VIS Spectral Bands.- 8.1 Oscillator Strength and Transition Moment.- 8.2 Band Analysis.- 8.3 Vibrational Structure.- References.- Index of Illustrated Absorption Spectra.