analytical chemistry

study of the separation, identification, and quantification of the chemical components of materials

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Analytical chemistry is the scientific field focused on breaking down materials into their individual chemical components and figuring out what they are and how much of each is present. It matters because understanding what substances contain and in what amounts is essential for everything from ensuring food safety and developing medicines to monitoring pollution and quality control in manufacturing.

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Research

242,562 papers

Making waves in analytical chemistry.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2022Irrgeher J, Rampler E, Steininger-Mairinger TDOI: 10.1007/s00216-022-04273-3
Sustainability in (bio-)analytical chemistry.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2022Baeumner AJ, Gauglitz G, Mondello L et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00216-022-04211-3
Nanomaterials in analytical chemistry.Analytical chemistry · 2013Ligler FS, White HSDOI: 10.1021/ac403331m
Fundamental and Applied Reviews in Analytical Chemistry.Analytical chemistry · 2022Ren BDOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05291
Fundamental and Applied Reviews in Analytical Chemistry: 2023.Analytical chemistry · 2023Ren BDOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c05717
Analytical chemistry in archaeological research.ReviewAnalytical chemistry · 2015Nigra BT, Faull KF, Barnard HDOI: 10.1021/ac5029616
Teaching Analytical Chemistry in the Time of COVID-19.Analytical chemistry · 2020DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02981
ANALYTICAL chemistry.Manufacturing chemist and aerosol news · 1951

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Encyclopedic overview

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Analytical chemistry (or chemical analysis) is the branch of chemistry concerned with the development and application of methods to identify the chemical composition of materials and quantify the amounts of components in mixtures. It focuses on methods to identify unknown compounds, possibly in a mixture or solution, and quantify a compound's presence in terms of amount of substance (in any phase), concentration (in aqueous or solution phase), percentage by mass or number of moles in a mixture of compounds (or partial pressure in the case of gas phase).

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