Highly accurate chemical speciation is of great importance in environmental, clinical, and food sciences, as well as in archaeometry. Trace analysis via atomic spectrometry, mass spectroscopy, gas chromatography, electron microprobing, or X-ray absorption spectroscopy provides detailed information on surface and sub-surface domain of samples. The book comprehensively presents modern techniques, timely application, and data modeling.

Contributions by: Emilia Vassileva, Petko Mandjukov, Katarzyna Wrobel, Alma Rosa Corrales Escobosa, Armando Gomez Ojeda, Anna Ruszczynska, Eliza Kurek, Wiktor Dmitruk, Zuzanna Brozek-Mucha, Andrzej Wycislik, Beata Krasnodebska Ostrega, Monika Sadowska, Ewa Biadun, Pawel Pohl, Anna Szymczycha-Madeja, Maja Welna, Piotr Jamroz, Kazimierz Wrobel