This book looks at the common techniques used to prepare, purify and identify
chemicals. Topics including distillation, recrystallisation, chromatography,
elemental analysis, atomic absorption spectroscopy and mass spectrometry are
discussed, and are illustrated on video on the accompanying CD-ROMs. Infrared
and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy are covered entirely through
multi-media, with animations and virtual experiments. The reader is provided
with examples for interpretation, and can draw in the structures using the
software provided. There is also a set of interactive self-assessment questions.
In all, the multi-media software suite comprises more than twelve hours of
material. Separation, Purification and Identification concludes with a Case
Study on Forensic Science, in which illustrations