TRENDS IN KINETIC METHODS OF ANALYSIS

Seven trends in kinetic methods of analysis are indentified and descri bed. These trends include the increasing use of automation and multidi mensional instrumentation, the continuing development of sophisticated data processing approaches and error compensation methods, the improv ements in multicomponent and single component determinations and the e xploitation of the kinetic approach for transient responses that are n ot the result of chemical reactions. The trends described should conti nue throughout the 1990s and lead the way into the next century. These trends are helping to make kinetic methods competitive with those met hods based on processes at equililbrium or at steady state.