Environmental Field Testing and Analysis Ready Reference Handbook

by: Gershon J. Shugar, Donald A. Drum, Jack Lauber, Shari L. Bauman

Topics include: impinging apparatus, soil filtrate, reporting wastewater, delivery tube tip, small display shows, minute reaction period, clean delivery tube, delivery knob, stored absorbance value, developed standard solution, charred sample, added convenience use, another sample cell, indigo reagent, cold vapor separation, arsenic absorber, impinging tube, next phase immediately, cobalt interference, lead dithizone, room temperature before analyzing, clean sample cell, experiment titled, volume with deionized water, timer beeps

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First Sentence: Accuracy is the nearness of a test result to the true value.

Book Description TEST AND ANALYZE AIR, SOIL, AND WATER Want to determine if a hazardous chemical is present in soil, air, or water, and in what concentration? Environmental Field Testing and Analysis Ready Reference Handbook, by Gerson Shugar, Donald Drum, Jack Lauber, and Shari Bauman, shows you how to get professional results with the best methods in use today. It's the only source that brings together testing and analytical methods for all environmental elements, providing you with: The simplest, most direct procedures Illustrations to help you visualize every step Cautions and safety warnings Sources of error and measurement problems Appropriate references It's ideal for anyone in environmental protection, assessment, testing, education, outdoor recreation, highways, public health and safety, emergency services, forensics, geology, surveying, or construction. Download Description This unique reference shows you how to get professional answers with the best testing and analysis methods in use today.

From the Back Cover ALL THE TECHNIQUES YOU NEED IN A SINGLE SOURCE Want to determine if a hazardous chemical is present in soil, air, or water? If so, in what concentration? Want to confirm that the environment is free of certain contaminants? This unique reference shows you how to get professional answers with the best testing and analysis methods in use today. The only source that brings together testing and analytical methods for all elements of the environment, Environmental Field Testing and Analysis Ready Reference Handbook provides-- * Simplest, most direct procedures * Testing and analytic methods for soil, air, and water * Illustrations to help you visualize every step * Cautions and safety warnings * Sources of error and measurement problems * Appropriate references TEST AND ANALYZE AIR, SOIL, AND WATER Just the thing to reduce trips between office and field, and boring searches through unfamiliar literature, this value-packed reference puts all the testing methods, techniques, and tips you need in a single place. It's ideal for anyone in environmental protection, assessment, testing, education, outdoor recreation, highways, public health and safety, emergency services, forensics, geology, surveying, or construction.

About the Author Gershon J. Shugar is the author of The Chemist's Ready Reference Handbook, also published by McGraw-Hill, and professor emeritus of engineering technologies at Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey. In 1947, Dr. Shugar founded a chemical manufacturing business that became the largest exclusive pearlescent pigment manufacturing company in the United States. In 1968, he was appointed assistant professor of chemistry at Rutgers University, where he taught until his appointment at Essex County College. Donald A. Drum is chairman of the technology/natural sciences division of Butler Community College in Butler, Pennsylvania. An expert on hazardous materials, he is a member of the Butler County Hazmat Advisory Team, which has been cited in more than 100 texts and professional and governmental publications. Jack Lauber is section chief of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Air Resources. He is a diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and a Qualified Environmental Professional, certified by the Institute for Professional Environmental Practice. Shari L. Bauman is a research assistant and laboratory technician with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Minerals Resources.

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