Book excerpt: Ion-Exchange Chromatography and Related Techniques defines the current state-of-the-art in ion-exchange chromatography and related techniques and their implementation in laboratory and industrial practice. This book provides a compact source of information to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and experience acquired by separation science specialists to colleagues from diverse backgrounds who need to acquire fundamental and practical information to facilitate progress in research and management functions reliant on information acquired by separation. Individual chapters written by recognized experts lending credibility to the work will allow this book to serve as a high value reference source of current information for analytical and biopharmaceutical chemists. Includes individual chapters written by recognized authoritative and visionary experts in the field to provide an overview and focused treatment of a single topic Presents comprehensive coverage of ion-exchange techniques from theory, to methods, to selected applications for ions and biopolymers Provides Tables and diagrams with commonly used data to facilitate practical work, comparison of results and decision-making