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Summary: Valuable resource.....
Review: I am an undergrad senior majoring in math and chemistry. I noticed a majority of the reviews seemed to be somewhat negative, so I thought I would weigh in. I have found this text to be a real asset. I have used it for a one credit lab in instrumental analysis and really love the attention given to the mathematical representations of the concepts. I don't really plan on working in a lab setting, and I find the text gives a great overview of a lot of instrumentation. Very easy to read and follow. Well worth the money to have it on the bookshelf.
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Summary: Almost a complete waste of money
Review: I was not impressed when I first started using this book for my Instrumental class. The information that is given correctly is very well done. However, there are so many errors that it outweighs the usefulness of the book. I realize that all books are going to have errors but this is horrible. The sixth edition of this book is much better and doesn't have the same mistakes that the fifth edition does. If you are looking to buy this book get the sixth edition.
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Summary: Almost a complete waste of money
Review: I was not impressed when I first started using this book for my Instrumental class. The information that is given correctly is very well done. However, there are so many errors that it outweighs the usefulness of the book. I realize that all books are going to have errors but this is horrible. The sixth edition of this book is much better and doesn't have the same mistakes that the fifth edition does. If you are looking to buy this book get the sixth edition.
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Summary: I'm very disappointed with the new version.
Review: I'm a graduate student retaking Instrumental Analysis. Fortunately for me, I have the fouth addition to reference. As a student, I'm required to do homework from various chapters. In doing this, I've found numerous reference errors within the problem sets. This makes problem solving difficult (to say the least). It seems as though the proof readers only read the material and did not try to solve any of the problems. The written text is better than the older edition; however, I've still found equational errors. In the end, I'm forced to use both editions. Finally, I will give credit to the amount of useful information within the text. I find that portion of the book highly informative and relatively detailed.
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Summary: Ir spectroscopy
Review: Ir is a method for functional group analysis.
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Summary: Doug Skoog wins Fisher award
Review: Saunders College Publishing has been pleased to offer every edition of the best-selling text in instrumental analysis. Lead author Doug Skoog is the new recipient of the prestigious Fisher award, which often goes to a researcher and rarely to educators.We find it noteworthy that of the four comments posted on this site regarding Principles of Instrumental Analysis, fifth edition, the three negative ones are by students concerned with the resale value of the text, while the laudatory comment comes from a chemistry professor at a major university. Every text of this magnitude has a small amount of errors. A recent reprint has eliminated the few errors that were caught by the authors or were brought to their attention by responsible members of the chemistry community.
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Summary: very basic introduction to analytical chem
Review: This book is pretty much standard for undergrad analytical chemistry but it is not a great text. It provides a very basic introduction to analytical methods in a poorly organised fashion. The information is presented in such a way that it calls for you to memorize rather than understand. The mathematics presented confuse the reader more than they help. I recommend you buy this used. If you plan on pursuing analytical chemistry, this book will quickly be shoved aside to make way for much better books, each specific to a particular instrumental method.
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Summary: very basic introduction to analytical chem
Review: This book is pretty much standard for undergrad analytical chemistry but it is not a great text. It provides a very basic introduction to analytical methods in a poorly organised fashion. The information is presented in such a way that it calls for you to memorize rather than understand. The mathematics presented confuse the reader more than they help. I recommend you buy this used. If you plan on pursuing analytical chemistry, this book will quickly be shoved aside to make way for much better books, each specific to a particular instrumental method.
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Summary: Major improvement over previous editions.
Review: This book represents a major improvement over the 4th edition. There are many additions and a more comprehensive treatment of several topics. The unfortunate death of one of the authors will make it difficult to achieve this degree of excellence in the future. This book remains the leader in the field.
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Summary: This book is horrible
Review: This is a terribly written book that does more harm than good. i found it to be overpriced and very inadequate.
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