Chemist and technician in the analytical laboratory -- Introduction to the analytical laboratory -- Laboratory safety -- Basic mathematics in the laboratory -- Analytical data treatment (statistics) -- Plotting and graphing -- Using Microsoft Excel® in the laboratory -- Making laboratory solutions -- Acid-base theory and buffer solutions -- Titration : a volumetric method of analysis -- Oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions -- Laboratory information management system (LIMS) -- Ultraviolet and visible (UV/VIS) spectroscopy -- Fluorescence optical emission spectroscopy -- Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy -- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy -- Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) -- Atomic emission spectroscopy -- Atomic mass spectrometry -- X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and x-ray diffraction (XRD) -- Chromatography : introduction and theory -- High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) -- Solid-phase extraction -- Plane chromatography : paper and thin-layer chromatagraphy -- Gas-liquid chromatography -- Gas chromatography-mas spectrometry (GC-MS) -- Special topics : strong cation exchange chromatography and capillary electrophoresis -- Mass spectrometry -- Ionization in mass spectrometry -- Mass analyzers in mass spectrometry -- Biomolecule spectral interpretation : small molecules -- Macromolecule analysis -- Biomolecule spectral interpretation : proteins -- Appendix I. Chapter problem answers -- Appendix II. Atomic weights and isotopic compositions -- Appendix III. Fundamental physical constants -- Appendix IV. Redox half-reactions -- Appendix V: Periodic table of elements -- Appendix VI. Installing and running programs.