LEC: Lesson 1 Flashcards
Measurement of science
Analytical chemistry
Pathfinder spacecraft and Sojourner rover: chemical composition of rocks and soil
July 1997
rovers Spirit and Opportunity (3 month mission) deposits of silica and carbonate
January 2004
Mars Science Laboratory aboard rover Curiosity with a host of analytical instruments (identity and amounts of major, minor, and trace elements and can detect hydrated minerals
Late 2011
Chemical identity of the species in the sample
Qualitative analysis
Determines the relative amount
Quantitative analysis
Determines the mass of the analyte
Gravimetric method
Determines the volume of a solution
Volumetric methods
The measurement of electrical properties as voltage, current, resistance, and quantity of electrical charge
Electroanalytical methods
Based on the measurement of the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and analyte atom
Spectroscopic methods
First question that must be considered in the selection process
Choosing a method
Second step in a quantitative analysis that producer meaning full information
Acquiring the sample
Can be distinguished visibly
Heterogenous
Determining how much of a sample is giving
Assay
collecting a small mass of a material whose composition accurately represents the bulk
Sampling