Reflecting the tremendous development of ion chromatography in recent years, the best-selling book by Fritz and Gjerde has now gone into a third edition. This is essentially a new book, describing materials, principles, and methods of ion chromatography in a clear and concise style. The book can be used both as an introduction for the new comer and as a practical guide for method development and applications for the experienced user. It contains handy tables with useful data, e. g. on detection and elution conditions. With this new edition, the scope has been enlarged to include capillary electrophoresis as well as chemical speciation. The readers of this book will profit from the authors' background and experience both in education and industrial application.

James S. Fritz is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University. Widely published in solid-phase extraction, he is a recipient of the ACS Award in Chromatography and the ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry.

Douglas Gjerde received his PhD in analytical chemistry from Iowa State University. After having worked in large and small companies for a number of years, Dr. Gjerde founded Sarasep - now merged into Transgenomic - in 1990 for the production and commercialization of nucleic acid separation technologies. He has authored and coauthored numerous articles and four books and holds nearly fifty patents in separation science.

Introduction and Overview Historical Development of Ion-Exchange Separations Ion Exchange Resins Detectors Principles of Ion Chromatographic Separations Anion Chromatography Cation Chromatography Ion Exclusive Chromatography Special Techniques Capillary Electrophoresis Chemical Speciation Method Development