Impact of industrial and governmental regulatory practices on analytical chromatography -- Introduction to chromatography -- Band broadening and kinetics -- Physical forces and interactions -- Optimization and the achievement of separation -- Comparisons between chromatographic modes -- Gas chromatography -- Liquid chromatography in columns -- Quantitation : detectors and methods -- Chromatography with mass spectral detection )GC/MS and LC/MS( -- Liquid chromatography on plane surfaces -- Qualitative analysis -- Capillary electrophoresis and capillary electrochromatography -- Sample preparation -- Special applications -- Selection of a method.