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CHAPTER 6. • Selection and Preparation of Organisms 61
Essential features of experimental organisms. Desirable fea-
tures. General comments on choice of organism. Preparation
of organisms for experiment, Preparation of parts of cells.
Preparation of chloroplast fragments--an example. Selected
references.
CHAPTER 7 • Centrifuges 78
Centrifugal force. Sedimentation. Types of centrifuges.
CHAPTER 8 • Microscopy 83
The compound microscope. Optical theory. Magnification
and resolution. Aberrations. Preparation of materials. Use of
the microscope. The phase contrast microscope. The polariz-
ing microscope. The electron microscope. Selected references.
CHAPTER 9 • Colorimetry-Spectrophotometry 110
General considerations. Analytical instruments. Recording
spectrophotometers. Ultraviolet and infrared spectrophotom-
eters. Measurements of concentration. Use of the instruments.
Fluorescence measurements. Flame photometry. Selected ref-
erences.
CHAPTER 10 • Measurements of Gas Exchange 130
The manometric technique. The infrared gas analyzer. Mag-
netic oxygen analyzer. Selected references.
CHAPTER 11 • Chromatography 143
Separation of plant pigments. Physical principles involved in
chromatography. Practical chromatography. Paper electro-
phoresis. Gas chromatography. Selected references.

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