Phisico-chemical methods used to measure noxes in occupational environment

Authors: Prof. dr. Cristina Mandravel, C. P. I dr. Rodica Stanescu Dumitru
Editura Academiei Romane
Bucharest 2003

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Contents

PREFACE
1.INTRODUCTION

2.SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS
   2.1.ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY
      2.1.1.General data
      2.1.2.Atomic absorption spectroscopy
      2.1.3.Atomic emission spectroscopy
   2.2.MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
      2.2.1.Infrared spectroscopy
      2.2.2.Ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy
      2.2.3.Chemiluminescence

3.CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS
   3.1.GENERAL DATA
   3.2.MECHANISMS OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC PARTITION
      3.2.1.Plate theory
      3.2.2.Velocity theory
      3.2.3.Migration in chromatographic systems with linear partition
      3.2.4.Stohastic theory
   3.3.PARTITION IN CHROMATOGRAPHIC PROCESSES
      3.3.1.Gas mobile phase chromatography
      3.3.2.Liquid mobile phase chromatography
   3.4.INSTRUMENTATION
      3.4.1.Gas mobile phase chromatography
      3.4.2.Liquid mobile phase chromatography
   3.5.HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY
   3.6.APPLICATIONS TO MEASUREMENT OF NOXES IN OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
   3.7.CHROMATOGRAPHY PERFORMANCES

4.MASS SPECTROMETRY
   4.1.GENERAL DATA
   4.2.BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MASS SPECTROMETRY
   4.3.MASS SPECTRUM
   4.4.INSTRUMENTATION
   4.5.APPLICATIONS TO MEASUREMENT OF NOXES IN OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
   4.6.MASS SPECTROMETRY PERFORMANCES

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5. X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE METHODS
   5.1.CLASIFICATION OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE METHODS
   5.2.X-RAY SPECTRUM
   5.3.X-RAY DIFFRACTION METHOD
      5.3.1.Basic principles of X-ray diffraction
      5.3.2.The diffraction condition
      5.3.3.Intensity of the diffraction line
      5.3.4.Instrumentation
      5.3.5.Applications to measurement of noxes in occupational environment
      5.3.6.X-ray diffraction method performances
   5.4.X-RAY FLUORESCENCE METHOD
      5.4.1.Basic principles of X-ray fluorescence
      5.4.2.Instrumentation
      5.4.3.Applications to measurement of noxes in occupational environment
      5.4.4.X-ray fluorescence method performances

6. MICROSCOPIC METHODS
   6.1.LIGHT MICROSCOPY
      6.1.1.General data
      6.1.2.Instrumentation
      6.1.3.Applications to measurement of noxes in occupational environment
      6.1.4.Light microscopy performances
   6.2.ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
      6.2.1.General data
      6.2.2.Movement of electrons in electric and magnetic fields
      6.2.3.Instrumentation
      6.2.4.Types of electron microscopes
      6.2.5.Electron probe microanalysis
      6.2.6.Applications to measurement of noxes in occupational environment
      6.2.7.Electron microscopy performances

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7. ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS
    7.1.CONDUCTANCE METHODS
      7.1.1.General data
      7.1.2.Instrumentation
      7.1.3.Applications to measurement of noxes in occupational environment
      7.1.4.Conductance method performances
   7.2.COULOMETRIC METHOD
      7.2.1.General data
      7.2.2.Instrumentation
      7.2.3.Applications to measurement of noxes in occupational environment
      7.2.4.Coulometry performances
   7.3.ION SELECTIVE POTENTIOMETRY
      7.3.1.General data
      7.3.2.Electrodes for pH measurement
      7.3.3.Glass membrane electrodes
      7.3.4.Solid membrane electrodes
      7.3.5.Liquid membrane electrodes
      7.3.6.Membrane electrodes sensitive to gas
      7.3.7.Applications to measurement of noxes in occupational environment
      7.3.8.Ion selective potentiometry performances
    7.4.VOLTAMMETRIC METHODS
      7.4.1.General data
      7.4.2.Half-wave potential
      7.4.3.Modern voltammetric techniques
      7.4.4.Applications to measurement of noxes in occupational environment
      7.4.5.Interferences in polarography

8. RADIOMETRIC AND RADIOCHEMICAL METHODS
   8.1.GENERAL DATA
      8.1.1.Nuclear radiations
      8.1.2.Interaction of nuclear radiations with matter
   8.2.RADIOMETRIC METHODS
      8.2.1.Excitation of X-ray fluorescence by using radioactive sources
      8.2.2.Ionising analysis by using radioactive sources
      8.2.3.Activation analysis
   8.3.RADIOCHEMICAL METHODS
      8.3.1.Analysis by using labeled reagents
      8.3.2.Method of radioactivity removal
      8.3.3.Method of radioactivity release
   8.4.RADIOMETRIC AND RADIOCHEMICAL METHODS’ PERFORMANCES

9.HYBRID METHODS
   9.1.GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/IR SPECTROSCOPY
   9.2.GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/UV SPECTROSCOPY
   9.3.GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY
   9.4.OTHER HYBRID METHODS

10.QUALITY CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF PHISICO-CHEMICAL METHODS
   10.1.INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL
   10.2.EXTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL

Appendixes
References

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