A Unifying Description of Modern Analytical Instrumentation within a Course on Instrumental Methods of Analysis
Gary D. Rayson · Journal of Chemical Education · 2004
A unifying approach to the description and teaching of modern analytical instrumentation typically discussed in undergraduate courses in Instrumental Methods of Analysis has been developed and is described. The approach involves the description of all analytical instruments as comprising of five basic modules. These are described as the source, sample, discriminator, detector, and output device. The application of this unifying description to instrumentation in the areas of spectroscopy, chromatography, electrochemical measurements, and mass spectrometry illustrates the versatility of this approach in understanding the design and operation of analytical instrumentation.