Features: * Excellent balance between theory and the practical aspects of the subject. * The text treats all of the important instrumental methods of analysis, which are widely used in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, geology, and medicine. * Very clearly written and organised. New to this edition: * Several new chapters, including Capillary Electrophoresis and Capillary Electrochromatography, and Atomic Mass Spectrometry. * A separate chapter on supercritical fluid chromatography presents much newer material that has been developed in the last 5-6 years. * Completely rewritten chapters on Signal, Noise, Figures of Merit, Operational Amplifiers, and Digital Electronics, Microprocessors and Computers.