Analytical Chemistry: (Comprehensively Covering the UGC Syllabus)

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INTRODUCTION 356
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The analytical chemist and analyst 14 Areas of analytical chemistry
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Determination of serum barbiturates spectrophotometric method 18 Determination
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of serum alkaline phosphatase 19 Determination of serum acid phosphatase 20 Radio
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Problems in analysis 14 Steps in analysis 14 Types of instrumental analysis 15
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slide rule 32 Use of the logarithms
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Analytical balance 25 Weighing errors 26 Weighing the sample 27 Volumetric tech
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Occlusion 46 Types of precipitates 46 Types of precipitating reagents 47 Rules
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Chlorine demand 121 Hardness 122 Methods of determining hardness
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Nitrate and nitrite 131 Alternative methods of analysing nitrite and nitrate
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chemical oxygen demand BOD 143 Chemical oxygen demand COD
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of heavy metals 149 Heavy metals poisons in every bite 156 Public health signifi
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General instrumental techniques for the analysis of heavy metals in
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Properties of fuels 11 Fossil fuels 15 Solid Fuels 16 Natural solid fuels 16
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Artificial solid fuels 20 Industrial solid fuels 21 Formation of coal 21 Properties
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Spices and condiments 52 Food additives 52 Contamination of foodstuffs
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of work in an analytical laboratory 47 General rules of performing quantitative deter
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UNIT 3
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Test for proteins 5 Colour tests for proteins 6 Test for carbohydrates 6 Determination
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sucrose in a sample of gur iodometric method 14 Determination of phosphorus
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PESTICIDES ANALYSIS 2647
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isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane BHC of HCH by TLC 28 Separation of chlorinated
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FOOD ADULTERATION 4860
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Sampling of can contents 56 Direct microscopic examination 58 Interpretation of
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of water pollution 7 Physical pollution of water 7 Chemical pollution of water 9
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Surface water pollution 17 Lake water pollution 19 How excess nutrients can kill
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a lake 19 River water pollution 21 Water deterioration at world level 23 Sea water
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tural discharges 39 Fertilizers 39 Detergents 41 Toxic metals 42 Siltation 45 Ther
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inorganic pollutants 50 Toxic metals 51 Detrimental effects of trace metals 53
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FUELS AND FUEL ANALYSIS 372
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Detrimental effects of corollary pollutants 69 Pesticides pollution 69 Sources of pes
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nation of water 104 Taking the sample 105 Preservation and preconcentration methods
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Solids 113 Suspended solids 113 Dissolved solids 113 Total solids
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Determination of soil moisture 4 Soil reaction 7 pH value 7
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Determination of pH of the soil 9 Colorimetric determination of the soil pH 9 Poten
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Disadvantages of solid fuels over liquid and gaseous fuels 25 Composition
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Important points 42 Semiwater gas 42 Oil gas 43 Liquid petroleum gas LPG 44
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Small scale biogas synthesis 50 To make biogas less polluting 52 Advantages
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Antiknock compounds 68 Octane number 68 Important points 70 Cetane number
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CLINICAL ANALYSIS 323
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Preservation of samples 8 Serum electrolytes 8 Determination of blood
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BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS 2433
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pressure of carbon dioxide PCO2 29 Determination of oxygen saturation SO2 30
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Mg2+ ions 38 Sodium 38 Potassium 39 Biological function of Na and K ions 39
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Phosphorus 41 Fluorine 42 Iodine 44 Sulphur 45 Copper 46 Zinc
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Chemical classification 18 Classification according to the action on
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Polarimetry 31 Fluorimetry 32 Some determinations by fluorimetry 34
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Electrochemical methods 42 Potentiometry 42 Polarography
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mins by TLC 48 Paper chromatography 48 Separation of amino acids by paper chro
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