Handbook of Water Analysis

About this book

Extensively revised and updated, Handbook of Water Analysis, Third Edition provides current analytical techniques, starting from 2005 until now, for detecting various compounds in water samples. Maintaining the detailed and accessible style of both former editions, this third edition demonstrates water sampling and preservation methods by enumerating different ways to measure chemical and radiological characteristics and giving step-by-step descriptions of separation, residue determination, and clean-up techniques for a variety of fresh- and saltwater.

Contents

Sampling and Data Treatment Methods
- Sampling Methods in Surface Waters, Munro Mortimer, Jochen F. Müller, and Matthias Liess
- Methods of Treatment of Data, Riccardo Leardi

Radioanalytical Analysis
- Radioanalytical Methodology for Water Analysis, Jorge S. Alvarado

Organoleptical Analysis
- Organoleptical Methodology, Abdul Moheman, Md. Musawwer Khan, and K. S. Siddiqi

Analysis of Biological Parameters
- Bacteriological Analysis of Water, Paulinus Chigbu and Salina Parveen
- Marine Toxins Analysis, Luis M. Botana, A. Alfonso, M. R. Vieytes, N. Vilariño, A. M. Botana, C. Louzao, and C. Vale
- Algal Analysis, Leonardo Rubi Rörig

Halogens, N-Compounds, and Phosphates
- Halogens, Géza Nagy and Livia Nagy
- Analysis of Sulfur Compounds in Water, Leo M. L. Nollet
- Determination of Ammonia in Water Samples, Juliana Antunes Galvão, Alexandre Matthiensen, Marília Oetterer, Y. Moliner-Martínez, R. A. Gonzalez-Fuenzalida, M. Muñoz-Ortuño, R. Herráez-Hernández, J. Verdú-Andrés, C. Molins-Legua, and P. Campíns Falcó
- Nitrites and Nitrates, Adnan Aydin
- Phosphates in Aquatic Systems, Alexandre Matthiensen, Juliana Antunes Galvão, and Marília Oetterer

Cyanides, Asbestos, Metals, and Si-Compounds
- Cyanides, Leo M. L. Nollet
- Asbestos in Water, James S. Webber
- Heavy Metals, Major Metals, Trace Elements, Jorge E. Marcovecchio, Sandra E. Botté, Claudia E. Domini, and Rubén H. Freije
- Determination of Silicon and Silicates, Salah M. Sultan

Organic Parameters
- Main Parameters and Assays Involved with the Organic Pollution of Water, Lorena Vidal, Claudia E. Domini, and Antonio Canals
- Determination of Organic Nitrogen in the Aquatic Environment, Juliana Antunes Galvão, Alexandre Matthiensen, and Marília Oetterer
- Determination of Urea in Aquatic Samples, Juliana Antunes Galvão, Alexandre Matthiensen, and Marília Oetterer
- Organic Acids, Mercedes Gallego Fernández, Evaristo Ballesteros Tribaldo, and Beatriz Jurado Sánchez
- Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Water, Iván P. Román Falcó and Marta Nogueroles Moya

Phenolic and Humic Compounds
- Determination of Phenolic Compounds in Water, Leo M. L. Nollet
- Characterization of Humic Matter, Leo M. L. Nollet

Residues of Pesticides
- Determination of Pesticides in Water, Evaristo Ballesteros Tribaldo
- Analysis of Herbicide and Fungicide Residues in Waters, N. Sridhara Chary, Maria Jose Gómez Ramos, and Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba

Residues of PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFS, and PAHs
- Analysis of PCBs in Waters, L. Bartolomé, O. Zuloaga, and N. Etxebarria
- PCDDs and PCDFs, Luigi Turrio-Baldassarri, Paola Pettine, and Laura Achene
- Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Chimezie Anyakora

Surfactants and Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analysis
- Surfactants, Eva Pocurull and Rosa Maria Marcé
- Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analysis, Iván P. Román Falcó

EDCs and Residues of Plastics
- Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Personal Care Products, Dimitra A. Lambropoulou and Eleni Evgenidou
- Residues of Plastics, Dimitra A. Lambropoulou and Eleni Evgenidou

Index

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