Laboratory Instruments Operations and Maintenance

The book provides an excellent account of Laboratory Instruments: Operation Maintenance. The sophistication in instrumentation over the years has necessitated the knowledge in traditional areas like design of optical components, optical filters, photoelectric sensors, thin film deposition techniques, skills in handling high pressure cylinders and flames, discharge lamps, followed by electronic circuits, displays readout systems, microprocessor micro-controller and use of modern test and measuring instruments. The successes in effective troubleshooting measures depend upon adequate use of knowledge and skills in these areas. With heavy emphasis in curricula and teaching for both undergraduates and post graduates for theoretical formulations in science subjects, the art of experimentation has suffered irreparably.