Miniature spectrometers

The Field Guide to Instrumentation series of articles reviewing commercial analytical chemistry instruments has been published in Inside Laboratory Management starting in 1997 through the March/April 2003 issue. The articles have covered a wide array of subjects, including gas and liquid chromatography, atomic and molecular spectrometry, sample preparation, electroanalysis, microscopy, laboratory software, moisture analysis, and particle size analysis. Each article usually includes a general introduction to the topic, descriptions of selected available instruments, applications, references, a bibliography of other information sources, and contact information for manufacturers. It was decided that the content of these articles makes them more appropriate for publication in the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL, and starting with this issue A Field Guide to Instrumentation will be a regular feature.