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1 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry
I Questions
(1) How could the following types of analysis be categorized?
(a) Determination of the density of a wine.
(b) Determination of the mass of a piece of gold.
(c) Determination of the microbiological content in drinking water.
(d) Determination of the fineness of a silver jewel.
(e) Determination of cocaine in human plasma.
(/) Determination of the compressive strength of a material.
(g) Determination of the type of pollen predominating in an urban atmosphere.
(2) Give some examples of analyses that combine the nature of the measured
parameters and examined objects (e.g. determination of the protein content in milk).
(3) Give several examples of analyses that are outside the scope of Analytical
Chemistry.
(4) Comment on the key words and tentative definitions of Analytical
Chemistry.
(5) Define analytical tools and give several examples.
(6) Why are "Analytical Science" and "Chemical Analysis" not synonyms for
"Analytical Chemistry"?
(7) Distinguish the analytical information inherent in an object from referential information and from that routinely produced by laboratories.
(8) State the most salient features of ideal analytical information.
(9) Give some examples where analytical results allow one to make economic
and social decisions.
(10) Distinguish generic uncertainty and specific uncertainty in the analytical
chemical domain.
(11) Give some everyday examples where references are used to obtain information.
(12) On what should teaching materials for Analytical Chemistry feed?
(13) Discuss several examples of fundamentals shared by Analytical Chemistry
and areas such as Physics, Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology,
Biochemistry, Engineering and Mathematics.
(14) To which other key words of Analytical Chemistry is quality related?
(15) Discuss specific examples of Analytical Chemistry developments that have
arisen in response to external stimuli.
(16) Same, with regard to internal stimuli.
(17) Relate those aspects of Figs. 1.7, 1.8, 1.1 0 and 1.11 that make Analytical
Chemistry an independent, self-contained scientific entity.
(18) Give some examples of two-way links between Analysis and other Analytical Chemistry landmarks.
(19) What instrumental landmarks have signalled the three historical periods of
Analytical Chemistry?
(20) What is speciation? Where does it fit in Analytical Chemistry classifications?
1 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry
I Questions
(1) How could the following types of analysis be categorized?
(a) Determination of the density of a wine.
(b) Determination of the mass of a piece of gold.
(c) Determination of the microbiological content in drinking water.
(d) Determination of the fineness of a silver jewel.
(e) Determination of cocaine in human plasma.
(/) Determination of the compressive strength of a material.
(g) Determination of the type of pollen predominating in an urban atmosphere.
(2) Give some examples of analyses that combine the nature of the measured
parameters and examined objects (e.g. determination of the protein content in milk).
(3) Give several examples of analyses that are outside the scope of Analytical
Chemistry.
(4) Comment on the key words and tentative definitions of Analytical
Chemistry.
(5) Define analytical tools and give several examples.
(6) Why are "Analytical Science" and "Chemical Analysis" not synonyms for
"Analytical Chemistry"?
(7) Distinguish the analytical information inherent in an object from referential information and from that routinely produced by laboratories.
(8) State the most salient features of ideal analytical information.
(9) Give some examples where analytical results allow one to make economic
and social decisions.
(10) Distinguish generic uncertainty and specific uncertainty in the analytical
chemical domain.
(11) Give some everyday examples where references are used to obtain information.
(12) On what should teaching materials for Analytical Chemistry feed?
(13) Discuss several examples of fundamentals shared by Analytical Chemistry
and areas such as Physics, Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology,
Biochemistry, Engineering and Mathematics.
(14) To which other key words of Analytical Chemistry is quality related?
(15) Discuss specific examples of Analytical Chemistry developments that have
arisen in response to external stimuli.
(16) Same, with regard to internal stimuli.
(17) Relate those aspects of Figs. 1.7, 1.8, 1.1 0 and 1.11 that make Analytical
Chemistry an independent, self-contained scientific entity.
(18) Give some examples of two-way links between Analysis and other Analytical Chemistry landmarks.
(19) What instrumental landmarks have signalled the three historical periods of
Analytical Chemistry?
(20) What is speciation? Where does it fit in Analytical Chemistry classifications?