Ultrapurity

the long version

Chapters: 1) Purification of alkali halides; 2) Purification of organic solvents by frontal-analysis chromatography; 3) The preparation of pure sodium and potassium; 4) Sublimation of phosphorus pentoxide; 5) Purification of proteins by membrane ultrafiltration; 6) The purification of p-xylene by partial freezing; 7) Purification of isopropylbenzene by preparative gas-liquid chromatography; 8) The preparation of ultrapure chemicals by fractional distillation; 9) Purification by dry-column chromatography; 10) Preparation of ultrapure water; 11) Preparation and characterization of cholesterol; 12) Contamination problems in trace-element analysis and ultrapurification; 13) Airborne contamination; 14) Glass containers for ultrapure solutions; 15) Vitreous silica; 16) Ceramics; 17) High-purity chemicals - a challenge to practical analysis; 18) Emission spectroscopy; 19) Flame spectrophotometric trace analysis; 20) Neutron-activation analysis; 21) Visible spectrophotometry; 22) Coulometric titration.