Analytical chemistry

Question 1

what is analytical chemistry

Answer 1

Methods for determining the chemical composition of chemical components, sometimes in complex samples

Question 2

what is qualitative analysis

Answer 2

Determine the identity of species or functional groups in the sample

Question 3

what is quantitative analysis

Answer 3

Determine the amount of analytes present

Question 4

name 4 classical wet chemical methods

Answer 4

precipitation
extraction
distillation
gravimetric and titrimetric measurements

Question 5

name 4 instrumental analytical methods

Answer 5

light absorption or emission
mass-to-charge ratio
fluorescence
NMR

Question 6

what is chromatography

Answer 6

means of separating and tentatively identifying components present in a mixture

Question 7

what is spectrophotometry

Answer 7

study the absorption of light by chemical substances

Question 8

what is spectrometry

Answer 8

used to measure the molecular mass of a compound

Question 9

what is atomic spectroscopy

Answer 9

determination of elemental composition by its electromagnetic or mass spectrum

Question 10

what is molecular spectroscopy

Answer 10

the absorption, emission and scattering of a proton when the energy of a molecule changes

Question 11

what is electrochemistry

Answer 11

shifts in electrical current is measured from oxidation or reduction reactions