This versatile resource consolidates available methods for the determination of palladium and platinum and serves as a practical ready-to-use guide for those researching on palladium and platinum and for those working in the field of medicinal metal complexes of the two metals. The beauty of spectrophotometric methods lies in their simplicity, convenience, and easy operation not to mention their cost effectiveness. They can be automated easily and are thus the most affordable methods. Addresses analysts from all areas of industry, research labs and post graduate students of analytical or medicinal chemistry as well as material science.

• Details all recently developed methods for palladium and platinum determination using spectrophotometry in a single source.
• Organized so that anyone interested in a particular method using a specific reagent can go directly to those details.
• Facilitates the development of better methods for specific conditions of a sample.