1. Analytical science – a discipline between chemistry and metrology

   • K. Doerffel

   Review Pages: 393 - 394

2. Quantification of the expected shelf-life of certified reference materials

   • J. Pauwels
   • A. Lamberty
   • H. Schimmel

   Original paper Pages: 395 - 399

3. Preparation and certification of new thorium isotopic reference materials

   • K. Raptis
   • K. Mayer
   • P. De Bièvre

   Original paper Pages: 400 - 403

4. Pesticide analysis in ground water. Statistical evaluation of certification data of a multicomponent reference material

   • K. Schramm-Nielsen
   • J. Merry
   • H. Spliid

   Original paper Pages: 404 - 409

5. Accurate and rapid estimation on spectral interferences in routine analysis by ICP-AES: use of mutual interference coefficients

   • Yûetsu Danzaki
   • Kunio Takada
   • Masaoki Oku

   Original paper Pages: 410 - 418

6. Study on the systematic optimization of capillary electrophoresis using a controlled weighted centroid variable size simplex algorithm

   • H. Wang
   • Jun-Ling Gu
   • Ruo-Nong Fu

   Original paper Pages: 419 - 423

7. Adsorption studies of dodecylamine at the quartz interface using an electrode-separated piezoelectric sensor

   • Dazhong Shen
   • Songmin Peng
   • Yanhui Xue

   Original paper Pages: 424 - 428

8. On atomization of uranium in plutonium matrix using ETA-AAS

   • Neelam Goyal
   • Paru J. Purohit
   • A. G. Page

   Original paper Pages: 429 - 432

9. Emission of secondary ions from 3d, 4d, and 5d transition metals under chloro-trifluoro-methane CClF3 as reactant gas

   • Björn Schlosser
   • W. Seidel

   Original paper Pages: 433 - 436

10. Thiocyanate-selective electrode based on cobalt(II) complexes of pyrazolone heterocyclic Schiff bases

    • Min Ying
    • R. Yuan
    • R.-Q. Yu

    Original paper Pages: 437 - 441

11. Determination of sulfur in metal sulfides by bromine water-CCl4 oxidative dissolution and modified EDTA titration

    • Tsembel Darjaa
    • Kohta Yamada
    • Yoshio Waseda

    Original paper Pages: 442 - 444

12. Flow injection on-line sorption preconcentration of platinum in a knotted reactor coupled with electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

    • E. Ivanova
    • F. Adams

    Original paper Pages: 445 - 450

13. Preconcentration and determination of trace amounts of lead (II) as thenoyltrifluoroacetone complex with dibenzo-18-crown-6 by synergistic extraction and atomic absorption spectrometry

    • K. Z. Hossain
    • T. Honjo

    Original paper Pages: 451 - 454

14. Preconcentration of phenols by adsorption on organo-clay followed by capillary electrophoretic determination

    • F. B. Erim
    • I. Alemdar

    Original paper Pages: 455 - 458

15. Determination of anionic trace impurities in acetic acid by two-dimensional capillary isotachophoresis

    • T. Meißner
    • F. Eisenbeiß
    • B. Jastorff

    Original paper Pages: 459 - 464

16. Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of Tartrazine, Sunset Yellow and Ponceau 4R in commercial products by partial least squares and principal component regression multivariate calibration methods

    • J. J. Berzas Nevado
    • J. Rodríguez Flores
    • M. J. Villaseñor Llerena

    Original paper Pages: 465 - 472

17. Quantitative analysis of malto-oligosaccharides by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, capillary electrophoresis and anion exchange chromatography

    • Thomas Kazmaier
    • Sunhilde Roth
    • Reinhard Kuhn

    Original paper Pages: 473 - 478

18. Study of the acid-base properties of leaf litter extracts

    • J. C. G. Esteves da Silva
    • A. A. S. C. Machado
    • Francisco Rey

    Original paper Pages: 479 - 486

19. Capabilities of double focussing magnetic sector-ICP-MS for the determination of trace elements in body fluids (blood, blood serum, urine) at the example of control materials

    • P. Schramel
    • I. Wendler

    Original paper Pages: 487 - 491

20. Sensitive synchronous spectrofluorimetric methods for the determination of naproxen and diflunisal in serum

    • T. Pérez-Ruiz
    • C. Martínez Lozano
    • J. Carpena

    Original paper Pages: 492 - 495

21. Determination of titanium and zirconium wear debris in blood serum by means of HNO3/HF pressurized digestion using ICP – optical emission spectrometry

    • J. Kunze
    • M. A. Wimmer
    • E. Schneider

    Original paper Pages: 496 - 499

22. Quantitative determination of glucose in blood plasma by homonuclear proton decoupled water attenuation transverse relaxation Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (WATR-HDCPMG) NMR spectroscopy

    • W. Y. Choy
    • S. C. F. Au-Yeung
    • C. S. Cockram

    Current research note Pages: 500 - 503

23. Influence of pressure and atomizer length on absorption curves in ETA-AAS measurements for standardless analysis

    • F. N. Rossi
    • D. Melucci
    • A. Millemaggi

    Short communication Pages: 504 - 506

24. Anodic stripping voltammetric determination of Zn, Pb and Cu traces in whisky samples

    • P. J. S. Barbeira
    • Nelson R. Stradiotto

    Short communication Pages: 507 - 509

25. Determination of Cr(III) in urine, blood serum and hair using flow injection chemiluminescence analysis

    • R. Escobar
    • M. S. García-Domínguez
    • F. F. de la Rosa

    Short communication Pages: 509 - 511