Aboul-Enein H.Y., Stefan R.-I., Baiulescu G.-E. Quality and Reliability in Analytical Chemistry

Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2001. — 108 p. (Analytical Chemistry Series)Quality and reliability are two very important parameters in analytical chemistry. High-quality analytical information alone is not enough, as the information must also be reliable. Reliability is defined as the maintenance of quality through time. Although reliable analytical information is characterized by quality, not all analytical information that has quality properties is reliable. As we enter the new millennium, we hope that this book will offer the reader information regarding various aspects affecting the quality and reliability of chemical analysis. Further, we hope that this book may be used fruitfully by graduate students, researchers, clinical and analytical chemists, and workers at both meteorological and routine laboratories. It should also be beneficial to consultants and regulators who make evaluations and quality control decisions. The book offers a general view with regard to standards, sampling, methods, and instrument selection, with the goal of obtaining analytical information of high quality and reliability.Abbreviations used in text
Quality in chemical analysis
Reliability in analytical chemistry
Reliability of the sample
Connection between reliability and the
analytical method
Connection between reliability and instruments
Reliability of data processing
Analytical process
The role of standards and standardization in reliability
of analytical information
Sensitivity and selectivity in chemical analysis
Uncertainty in chemical analysis
Validation criteria for an analytical method
Method development in chemical analysis