Often considered the gold standard of analytical chemistry textbooks, Principles of Instrumental Analysis by Skoog, Holler and Crouch is in its ninth edition. Through the magic of the Internet and the vagaries of the international textbook marketplace, I was able to find a copy of the 6th edition (2007) of this textbook to share with you. (Not sure if this is OK with the publisher or not, so travel at your own risk.)
Douglas A. Skoog (deceased) taught at Stanford University from 1947 until his retirement in 1976. F. James Holler is on the faculty at the University of Kentucky. Stanley R. Crouch is Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University. Donald M. West (deceased) was a Professor of Chemistry at San Jose State University and contributed to later editions of this textbook. All of the contributing authors have received professional and academic awards and are well-regarded within the analytical chemistry industry.
The textbook is designed to help STEM students in the use of analytical instruments and tools. In the preface to the 6th edition, the authors discuss the sheer volume of instrumental techniques and the unlikelihood of being able to cover all of them in one or even two semesters. They designed their text to be as comprehensive as possible and to be used by students even after they have fulfilled their degree requirements. I noticed in several forums that professionals admitted to having various editions of this analytical chemistry in their office bookshelves.
It appears to be a hand-scanned copy of an original printed copy of the book. It’s not as handy to use as some of the other Analytical Chemistry textbooks here on the Free Textbook List, but how much can you complain when gaining access to one of the best books on the subject.
It is on Google Drive, which means you will need a Google account to view it, but hey, they’re free and pretty much everyone has one anyway.
Table of Contents for Principles of Instrumental Analysis
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Section 1: Measurement Basics
- Chapter 2: Electrical Components and Circuits
- Chapter 3: Operational Amplifiers in Chemical Instrumentation
- Chapter 4: Digital Electronics and Computers
- Chapter 5: Signals and Noise
- Section 2: Atomic Spectroscopy
- Chapter 6: An Introduction to Spectrometric Methods
- Chapter 7: Components of Optical Instruments
- Chapter 8: An Introduction to Optical Atomic Spectrometry
- Chapter 9: Atomic Absorption and Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry
- Chapter 10: Atomic Emission Spectrometry
- Chapter 11: Atomic Mass Spectrometry
- Chapter 12: Atomic X-ray Spectrometry
- Section 3: Molecular Spectroscopy
- Chapter 13: An Introduction to Ultraviolet-Visible Molecular Absorption Spectrometry
- Chapter 14: Applications of Ultraviolet Visible Molecular Absorption Spectrometry
- Chapter 15: Molecular Luminescence Spectrometry
- Chapter 16: An Introduction to Infrared Spectrometry
- Chapter 17: Applications of Infrared Spectrometry
- Chapter 18: Raman Spectroscopy
- Chapter 19: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Chapter 20: Molecular Mass Spectrometry
- Chapter 21: Surface Characterization by Spectroscopy and Microscopy
- Section 4: Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Chapter 22: An Introduction to Electroanalytical Chemistry
- Chapter 23: Potentiometry
- Chapter 24: Coulomtrey
- Chapter 25: Voltanametry
- Section 5: Separation Methods
- Chapter 26: An Introduction to Chromatographic Separations
- Chapter 27: Gas Chromatography
- Chapter 28: Liquid Chromatography
- Chapter 29: Supercritical Fluid Chromatography and Extraction
- Chapter 30: Capillary Eletrophoresis
- Section 6: Miscellaneous Methods
- Chapter 31: Thermal Methods
- Chapter 32: Radiochemical Methods
- Chapter 33: Automated Methods of Analysis
- Chapter 34: Particle Size Determination
- Appendix 1: Evaluation of Analytical Data
- Appendix 2: Activity Coefficients
- Appendix 3: Some Standard and Formal Electrode Potentials
- Appendix 4: Compounds Recommended for the Preparation of Standard Solutions of Some Common Elements
- Answers to Selected Problems
Printed Versions of This Textbook
The 9th Edition is available on Amazon. A number of the students mentioned that they found Amazon’s price for this analytical chemistry textbook to be lower than their school bookstore. There are also a variety of folks selling earlier printed versions of this textbook at deeply discounted prices.
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Principles of Instrumental Analysis
