Suggested Readings
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• Are any of its intrinsic and shared fundamentals related? In what way? Give
some examples.
• What would a correct research balance between its intrinsic and shared
fundamentals be?
Seminar 1.3
Analytical Chemistry in the Context of Chemistry
• Learning objective
To place Analytical Chemistry in the context of to day's and tomorrow's Chemistry in the light of the positive and negative approaches discussed in the
previous two seminars.
• Topics for discussion
• Relate (graphically, if possible) the cornerstones of Chemistry (Fig. 1.12)
and the traditional classification reflected in current university curricula:
Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analy tical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry.
• Discuss the consistency of the interface between each of the two classifications of Chemistry.
• Starting from the tetrahedron of Fig. 1.12, draw different distorted bodies
by pulling one vertex, one edge, two edges and three edges (a triangle). Of
the many possible distortions, outline the more significant via specific
examples. Bear in mind the contents of Box 1.7.
• Conclusions
In the light of Chemistry evolution so far, will the traditional classifications
(e.g. that of Organic, Inorganic, Physical, Analytical, Industrial Chemistry)
survive? Will an alternative one take over? What type of classification is it
bound to be? Why? Discuss the potential role of Analytical Chemistry in the
new scene.
Suggested Readings
(1) "A Modern Definition of Analytical Chemistry", M. Valcarcel, Trends Anal.
Chern., 1997, 16,24.
Discusses at length tentative and final definitions for Analytical Chemistry, and the facets
that complement them. The backbone for this chapter.
(2) "Analytical Chemistry: Today's Definition and Interpretation", M. Valcarcel,
Fresenius J. Anal. Chern., 1992,343,814.
Second prize at an international competition on the definition of Analytical Chemistry.
A foretaste of the previous paper, which it completes in some respects.
(3) "Analytical Chemistry, Today", M. Valcarcel, Quim. Anal., 1990,3,215.
Summarizes the state of the art and current trends in Analytical Chemistry. Contains
some sections of this chapter in expanded form.
37
• Are any of its intrinsic and shared fundamentals related? In what way? Give
some examples.
• What would a correct research balance between its intrinsic and shared
fundamentals be?
Seminar 1.3
Analytical Chemistry in the Context of Chemistry
• Learning objective
To place Analytical Chemistry in the context of to day's and tomorrow's Chemistry in the light of the positive and negative approaches discussed in the
previous two seminars.
• Topics for discussion
• Relate (graphically, if possible) the cornerstones of Chemistry (Fig. 1.12)
and the traditional classification reflected in current university curricula:
Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analy tical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry.
• Discuss the consistency of the interface between each of the two classifications of Chemistry.
• Starting from the tetrahedron of Fig. 1.12, draw different distorted bodies
by pulling one vertex, one edge, two edges and three edges (a triangle). Of
the many possible distortions, outline the more significant via specific
examples. Bear in mind the contents of Box 1.7.
• Conclusions
In the light of Chemistry evolution so far, will the traditional classifications
(e.g. that of Organic, Inorganic, Physical, Analytical, Industrial Chemistry)
survive? Will an alternative one take over? What type of classification is it
bound to be? Why? Discuss the potential role of Analytical Chemistry in the
new scene.
Suggested Readings
(1) "A Modern Definition of Analytical Chemistry", M. Valcarcel, Trends Anal.
Chern., 1997, 16,24.
Discusses at length tentative and final definitions for Analytical Chemistry, and the facets
that complement them. The backbone for this chapter.
(2) "Analytical Chemistry: Today's Definition and Interpretation", M. Valcarcel,
Fresenius J. Anal. Chern., 1992,343,814.
Second prize at an international competition on the definition of Analytical Chemistry.
A foretaste of the previous paper, which it completes in some respects.
(3) "Analytical Chemistry, Today", M. Valcarcel, Quim. Anal., 1990,3,215.
Summarizes the state of the art and current trends in Analytical Chemistry. Contains
some sections of this chapter in expanded form.