Revision of the McGraw-Hill textbook Modern Analytical Chemistry published in 1999. The new version includes practice exercises (with worked solutions), instructions on using Microsoft Excel and computational software, and method development and optimization. Textbook is presented as a downloadable PDF which includes hyper-linked references.
Free Online Analytical Chemistry Textbooks
According to Wikipedia, analytical chemistry “is the study of the separation, identification, and quantification of the chemical components of natural and artificial materials.”
Students of analytical chemistry will focus on improvements in experimental design, chemometrics, and explore possible new measurement tools that will provide better chemical information.
Analytical chemistry topics are used in bioanalysis, clinical analysis, environmental analysis, forensics and materials analysis.
I have little doubt that analytical chemistry textbooks are just as expensive as my organic chemistry textbook was. Students studying these topics will hopefully find some assistance from the free online textbooks that I’ve included here. It’s by no means a complete list but it should get you started. Please contact me if you know of any great textbooks I’ve missed.
List of Free Online Analytical Chemistry Textbooks
Analytical Chemistry 2.0
Chemical Separations
Lecture slides and animations from a course taught by James K. Hardy at The University of Akron. Not a ‘textbook’ per se but a great deal of information is presented in a highly readable format.
Chromographics
Lecture notes from a graduate level course by James K. Hardy and The University of Akron. From his site, “Coverage of statistical methods in Analytical Chemistry. Course includes basic statistics, experimental design, modeling, exploratory data analysis and other multivariate techniques. On-line materials include the course syllabus, homework problems and copies of the lecture slides.”
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
An introductory text in PDF form on Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy concepts and applications by Petra Shwille and Elke Haustein of the Max-Planck-Instutitute for Biophysical Chemistry. Taken from a more extensive biophysics textbook. Petra Schwille and Elke Haustein Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy 1 Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy An Introduction to its Concepts and Applications Petra Schwille and Elke [...]
Handbook of Analytical Methods for Materials
Provided by Material Evaluation and Engineering, Inc. This downloadable PDF handbook is designed as a tutorial on the techniques for materials characterization. From the site, “We hope that this information can be used by our customers and other visitors to this site to formulate plans for evaluation of problems under investigation and to better understand [...]
Handbook of Instrumental Techniques for Analytical Chemistry
Selected chapters are offered online, rest of book must be purchased. Complete sample chapters include: Infrared Spectroscopy, Molecular Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Spectrometry, Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, Voltametric Techniques, Auger Electron Spectroscopy and Molecular Weight Determinations.
High Performance Liquid Chromatography for Pharmaceutical Scientists
Free online textbook written by Dr. Yuri Kazakevich and Dr. Harold McNair from Seton Hall University. From the site, the book consists of, “three parts: the first part discusses general HPLC theory and practice with emphasis on RPLC and modern trends in method development including LC-MS; the second part describes the HPLC specifics in each [...]
http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/analytical/
A huge collection of Powerpoint-like slides from James K. Hardy at The University of Akron. No “textbook” here but it does have tons of examples to explain the concepts presented.
Mass Spectrometry for Chromatographers
A short course that introduces the use of a Mass Spectrometer as a GC detector. Lecture notes from a course at The University of Akron taught by James K. Hardy.
Radioanalytical Methods
Lecture notes and slides from a course at The University of Akron offered by James K. Hardy. Lecture Titles for Radioanalytical Methods Online Course Introduction Chart of the Nuclides Detection Spectroscopy Errors Radiation safety Activation Analysis Tracer Selection Tracer Methods Radioreagents Other Tracer Apps Dating Other Methods