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Analytical Chemistry?
Science of Chemical Measurements
Quantitation:
How much of substance X is in the sample?
Detection:
Does the sample contain substance X?
Identification:
What is the identity of the substance in the
sample?
Separation:
How can the species of interest be separated
from the sample matrix for better quantitation
and identification?
Analyst:
Applies known measurement techniques
to well defined compositional or
characterization questions.
Research Analytical Chemist
Senior Analyst:
Develops new measurement methods
on existing principles to solve new
analysis problems.
Research Analytical Chemist:
Creates and /or investigates novel
techniques or principles for chemical
measurements.
or
Conducts fundamental studies of
chemical/physical phenomena
underlying chemical measurements.
Analytical Chemistry provides the methods
and tools needed for insight into our
material worldfor answering four basic
questions about a material sample?
What?
Where?
How much?
What arrangement, structure or form?
Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 343 (1992):812-813
Qualitative analysis is what.
Quantitative analysis is how much.
Gary Christian,
Analytical Chemistry,
6th Ed. (Wiley)