Incluye ejercicios y bibliografía al final de cada capítulo e índice analítico por autor y materia al final de la obra.

1. Introduction -- 2. Equilibrium: driving force for separative displacement -- 3. Separative transport -- 4. Flow transport and viscous phenomena -- 5. Zone formation and resolution -- 6. Steady-state, two dimensional, and overlapping zones -- 7. Classification and comparison of methods -- 8. Separation by external fields (Sc methods): electrophoresis and sedimentation -- 9. Separation using perpendicular flow, F(+): field-flow fractionation, chromatography, and related methods -- 10. Chromatography: a deeper look -- 11. Chromatography from a molecular viewpoint -- 12. Plate height and optimization in chromatography -- App. I. Answers to exercises -- App. II. Author's related publications.