Handbook of Environmental Analysis

Pradyot Patnaik, Ph.D., is currently the Director of the Environmental Laboratory of Interstate Environmental Commission at Staten Island, New York and is a researcher at the Center for Environmental Science at City University of New York at Staten Island. Dr. Patnaik teaches as an Adjunct Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey and at the Community College of Philadelphia. He was formerly the Director of the Special Research Project at the Environmental Testing and Technologies in Westmont, New Jersey, and after that, the Director of Rancocas Environmental Laboratory in Delanco, New Jersey. Earlier Dr. Patnaik was a post-doctoral research scientist at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. He had obtained a B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from Utkal University in India and a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Part 1 Analytical Techniques
Introduction
Precision and Accuracy of Analysis
Analysis of Organic Pollutants by Gas Chromatography
Analysis of Organic Pollutants by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Extraction of Organic Pollutants and Sample Cleanup
Titrimetric Analysis
Colorimetric Analysis
Analysis of Metals by Atomic Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy
Ion-Selective Electrode Analysis
Application of High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Environmental Analysis
Ion Chromatography
Air Analysis
Application of Immunoassay Techniques in Environmental Analysis
Derivatization
Reactions in Environmental Analysis
Microbial Analysis

Part 2 Specific Classes of Substances and Aggregate Properties
Aldehydes and Ketones
Alkalinity
Bromide
Chloride
Chlorine, Chloramines, and Chlorine Dioxide
Chlorophyll
Cyanate
Cyanide, Total
Cyanide Amenable to Chlorination
Emerging Pollutants: Nonionic Surfactants - Alkylphenols and Ethoxylates
Emerging Pollutants: Organophosphorus Flame Retardants and Plasticizers
Emerging Pollutants: Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
Emerging Pollutants: Steroids and Hormones
Fluoride
Haloacetic Acids
Halogenated Hydrocarbons
Hardness
Herbicides: Chlorophenoxy Acid
Herbicides: Glyphosate
Hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbons, Polynuclear Aromatic
Nitrogen, Ammonia
Nitrogen