V K Ahluwalia is a Visiting Professor at the Dr B R Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi. He has been teching gradaute and postgraduate students for over 30 years, and has also delivered a number of invited lectures in India and abroad. He has published a number of papers and is the author of "Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Qualitative Analysis" and "Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Preparation and Quantitative Analysis", both published by Universities Press. Sunita Dhingra and Adarsh Gulati are Readers at Miranda House, University of Delhi with about 20 years of teaching experience.

Table of Contents

Preface / Part I: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY: Qualitative Inorganic Analysis / Volumetric Analysis / Gravimetric Analysis / Preparation of Inorganic Compounds / Part II: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: Qualitative Organic Analysis (Systematic Identification of Organic Compounds) / Preparation and Isolation of Organic Compounds / Chromatography / Part III: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: Physical Methods for Determining Molar Masses / Measurement of Viscosities and Surface Tensions of Liquids / Measurement of Solubilities / Determination of Transition Temperatures / Determination of Order of a Reaction / Adsorption Studies / Polyphase Heterogeneous Equilibria / Thermochemical Measurements / Conductance Measurements in Electrolytes / Potentiometric Measurements in Chemical Systems / Polarography / Polarimetry and Photometry / Appendices / Index