Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The knowledge base of chromatography continued to expand throughout the 1990s owing to its many applications to problems of contemporary interest in industry, life and environmental sciences. Organizing this information into a single text for a diverse group of scientists has become increasingly difficult. The present book stemmed from the desire to revise Chromatography Today, written by the same author with Salwa K. Poole, and published in 1991. This title is considered to be one of the definitive texts on chromatography. It was soon realized however, that a simple revision would not provide the desired result of a contemporary picture of the practice of chromatography at the turn of the century. The only workable solution was to start afresh, maintaining the same general philosophy and concept for Chromatography Today where possible, while creating essentially a new book.

The format of the new book is modular, with extensive cross-references to permit rapid location of related material using different separation concepts. Important features are extensive tabulation of essential data for performing separations and an extensive bibliography to the most recent literature.

This title is intended as a suitable text for graduate level courses in the separation sciences and as a self-study guide for professional chromatographers wishing to refresh their background in this rapidly expanding field.

The Essence of Chromatography presents a comprehensive survey of modern chromatography and is an effective replacement for Chromatography Today.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• General concepts in column chromatography
• The column in gas chromatography
• Instrumental aspects of gas chromatography
• The column in liquid chromatography
• Instrumental aspects of liquid chromatography
• Thin-layer chromatography
• Supercritical fluid chromatography
• Capillary-Electromigration separation techniques
• Spectroscopic detectors for identification and quantification
• Separation of stereoisomers
• Laboratory-scale preparative chromatography

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Poole's well-written monograph contains all of the essential information needed by practicing chromatographers. Chapter 1 provides a solid background on both the history and modern theory of column chromatography. Comprehensive chapters follow on gas, liquid, thin-layer, supercritical fluid, and capillary-electromigration chromatography. Chapters outlining spectroscopic detection methods, stereoisomer separations, and preparative chromatography complete the work. Each chapter has literally hundreds of useful and up-to-date references, and the book includes a comprehensive subject index. The chapter discussing capillary-electromigration separation techniques is particularly valuable since it provides an overview of an area of separation science that is becoming increasingly important in analytical laboratories. Although sample preparation methods are not well covered, the author has included an extensive discussion of preparative-scale separation techniques. The numerous tables and figures are extremely helpful in explaining concepts. The chapters are developed in a modular framework, thus providing teaching faculty the option of selecting areas for inclusion in a one-semester graduate course in separation science. In addition to being used as a graduate resource, this monograph would be extremely valuable for professionals desiring a comprehensive source of information on this rapidly changing field. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students through professionals. H. T. McKone Saint Joseph College

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Prof. Poole was born and educated in the United Kingdom receiving a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Leeds (1971) followed by graduate studies at the University of Bristol, MSc. in analytical chemistry (1972), and Ph.D. with Prof. E. D. Morgan at the University of Keele (1975) on the analysis of insect molting hormones. Since 1980 he has been at the Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA, except for 1995-1996, spent as the Governors' Lecturer and Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, in the United Kingdom.

Prof. Poole is a polychromatographer with broad interests in the separation and detection of small molecules in biological, environmental, and food samples; sample preparation technology; and computer-aided data analysis techniques. He is the author of over 325 research papers, an editor of the Journal of Chromatography, and a member of the editorial boards of 5 other analytical chemistry journals. In 1985 he received the Tswett Medal of the International Symposium Advances in Chromatography, in 1991 the Jubilee Medal of the Chromatographic Society, and in 1997 a D.Sc. from the University of Leeds (UK).