Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of up-to-date methods for analyzing pesticide residues is derived from an earlier German edition and represents those proven methods that are of most value to the analyst. It presents, in English, 23 compound-specific analytical methods selected from the 6th and 7th Instalments (issued in 1982 and 1984, respectively), 17 multiresidue analytical methods, and all cleanup methods (1984 status). It also contains all pertinent general sections, e.g., on the collection and preparation of samples, on the limits of detection and determination, and on micro methods and equipment for sample processing.;The methods chosen demonstrate a particularly high standard of reliability and have all been validated by at least one other specially qualified laboratory. They are also presented in such detailed and readily understandable form that analysts using them cannot possibly be left in doubt about how to proceed. Each of the single methods specifies the substrates to which it is suited and on which it has been validated, among them food crops, stored commodities, processed food of vegetable and animal origin, feedstuffs, forage and fodder crops, soil, and water.;The book arranges the compound-specific methods in the alphabetical order of compound names. It also contains requisite indexes for quick access to the desired method. The single methods each contain the chemical name and the structural formula of the respective compound. Multiple methods are preceded by a table in which chemical names and structural formulae are presented jointly for all compounds.
