Schaum's Outline of Analytical Chemistry [Paperback]

Adon Gordus (Author)

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Publication Date: June 1, 1985 | ISBN-10: 0070237956 | ISBN-13: 978-0070237957 | Edition: 1

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Master analytical chemistry with Schaum'sNthe high-performance study guide. It will help you cut study time, hone problem-solving skills, and achieve your personal best on exams! Students love Schaum's Outlines because they produce results. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students improve their test scores and final grades with these indispensable study guides. Get the edge on your classmates. Use Schaum's! If you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book helps you: Brush up before tests; Find answers fast; Study quickly and more effectively; Get the big picture without spending hours poring over lengthy textbooks. Schaum's Outlines give you the information your teachers expect you to know in a handy and succinct formatNwithout overwhelming you with unnecessary details. You get a complete overview of the subject. Plus, you get plenty of practice exercises to test your skill. Compatible with any classroom text, Schaum's let you study at your own pace and remind you of all the important facts you need to rememberNfast! And Schaum's are so complete, they're perfect for preparing for graduate or professional exams. Inside, you will find: 590 problems, including step-by-step solutions; Hundreds of additional practice problems, with answers supplied; Clear explanations of the basic concepts and mathematical principles of analytical chemistry; Understandable and comprehensive coverage of techniques taught in the course. If you want top grades and a thorough understanding of analytical chemistry, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! Chapters include: Analytical and Mathematical Review; Statistics and Probabilities; Free Energy and Chemical Equilibrium; Strong AcidsNStrong Bases; Simple Weak Acids and Weak Bases; Weak Acid or Weak Base Titrations; Polyprotic Weak Acids; Precipitates and Solubilities; Complex Ion Equilibria; Electrochemical Cells; Potentiometric Titrations; Phase Separations and Chromatography; Special Measurements; Radioactivity; Appendix; Index.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (June 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070237956
• ISBN-13: 978-0070237957
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you're psyched to learn chemistry..., November 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Analytical Chemistry (Paperback)

I own many, many Schaum's Outlines, and am satisfied with all of them. However, before you buy this outline of Analytical Chemistry or any of the other Schaum's Outlines, you need to ask yourself what your needs are. If you are looking for a brief review of a subject, you should look elsewhere. If you are taking a course in Analytical Chemistry and need a little help with some areas of it, you should look elsewhere--preferably, ask someone with a thorough grasp of the subject to explain those areas to you.

The Schaum's Outlines are best used as a self-study tool. Let's face it, reviewing an entire subject and solving all the problems to gain a solid grasp on the material is difficult and time-consuming, and I suspect few students already enrolled in a course will have the extra time to rehash what they've already been told by reading through a Schaum's Outline, and few will want to go through so many problems--at least in my courses, the problems we are provided are too much to begin with.

For review purposes, Schaum's may help some students. However, since you need to know what your course will test you on specifically, you would need to go through the outline along with your notes. Therefore, spending more time reviewing your course notes might be a better use of your time.

Schaum's Outlines are essentially cheaply made textbooks, and, as with other texts, the writing varies widely from one book in the series to another. If a cheap self-study of a course is what you seek, or you'd like to preview a course you plan to take, by all means go with Schaum's. If you are a student looking for help with a subject, seek it elsewhere.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, but wait a minute please., October 14, 2005

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Avantel (Lostland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Analytical Chemistry (Paperback)

I gave this book 5 stars because it explains different topics based on electrochemistry, pH, precipitation, potentiometry, etc., and how they relate amongst themselves. The book really gets deep and provides plenty of examples and exercises to master the topics.

That was the good part, now I have to tell you that paying as much time as this book requires is not worth it. I have worked as an Analytical Chemist for three years where I have always been searching which technologies most laboratories and companies use. I also got a M.S. in the field and have taken a deep look at the job market around the world. After all this experiences, I hardly find a place where they would ask more than just taking pH of samples and some titrations that do not require the deep knowledge of this book. It is High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), Atomic Absorption (AA) and spectroscopy (especially UV/Vis) the ruling technologies.

For some reason the academic communities have been really careless about the skills chemistry students need in analytical labs. Most analytical chemistry book deal deeply with electrochemistry topics and most schools have students study them rather deep. The chromatographic techniques are not usually given the importance they require. They regard them easy topics and too many books that do mention HPLC and GC cover too much on equilibrium theory and more useless topics. And the same academic communities are rather incongruent because too much electrochemistry is not very useful in the chemistry subject GRE.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Analytical Chemistry made easy, June 13, 2000

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Harshawardhan Phatak - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Analytical Chemistry (Paperback)

The book explains all the concepts regarding analytical chemistry in a very lucid manner,which makes it a very easy to understand book. The way in which the book deals with the problems in analytical chemistry is noteworthy.If only the coverage would have been deeper my rating would have been 5 star.Still a must read book for who want to get started and get a feel of problems related to the subject of analytical chemistry.