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This reference is designed for training, teaching, and continuing studies in the field of quality assurance in chemical measurement. The cross-platform CD-ROM accompanying the book contains materials from 15 experienced lecturers with more than 300 graphics and text overheads, included as ready-to-use Powerpoint documents. The material covered will be useful to students in analytical chemistry as well as professionals in industry and service labs.

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Importance of Analytical Quality Management and Quality Assurance in Industry, Academia and Research Projects.- Why do we need Good Results?.- The Importance of´ Good´ Measurement on Industrial Manufacturing Efficiency and Profit.- Concepts of Quality Management and Quality Assurance in Analytical Research Projects and Non Routine Analysis.- Worked Examples of Teaching Analytical Quality Concepts.- Quality Systems for Non-routine and R&D Analytical Work - Accreditation of Non-routine Laboratories.- Evaluation of Uncertainty in Analytical Measurement.- Traceability / Trackability.- Validation: an Example.- Metrology in Chemistry.- Experiments as Tools to Demonstrate Principles of Quality Assurance.- Basic Course Experiments to Demonstrate Validation.- Basic Course Experiments to Demonstrate Intercomparisons.- Assessment of Test Kits in Terms of Time, Cost and Quality.- Estimation of Random Deviations in Analytical Methods using Analysis of Variance.- Course Structures, Contents and Experiences.- PT Scheme for Pre-university Students.- Teaching of the Concept of Valid Analytical Measurement: Integration of Quality Assurance (QA) Issues or Separate QA Courses for Higher Education.- Special Requirements for Interlaboratory Proficiency Tests.

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