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Fundamentals of Fundamentals of
Analytical Chemistry Analytical Chemistry
Chapter 1 Chapter 1
The Nature of Analytical The Nature of Analytical
Chemistry Chemistry
Terms Terms
Qualitative Analysis Qualitative Analysis
What? What?
Quantitative Analysis Quantitative Analysis
How much? How much?
Analyte Analyte
What we are measuring! What we are measuring!
Focus in this course will be quantitative Focus in this course will be quantitative
analysis analysis
Methods Methods
Wet Wet chemistry chemistry
Gravimetric Gravimetric
Last Last measurement is a mass measurement is a mass
Volumetric Volumetric
Last Last measurement is a volume measurement is a volume
Instrumental methods Instrumental methods
Electroanalytical Electroanalytical
Measurement of electrical property Measurement of electrical property
Spectrophotometric Spectrophotometric
Interaction of light and matter Interaction of light and matter
Methods Methods
All methods take advantage of All methods take advantage of
differentiating characteristic differentiating characteristic
What property changes with the What property changes with the
presence/absence of presence/absence of analyte analyte
How (mathematically) does this change relate How (mathematically) does this change relate
to the amount of the to the amount of the analyte analyte
Select Method
Acquire Sample
Process Sample
(change form for dissolution?)
Measurable property
(change form?)
Eliminate interferents
Measure property
Calculate results and error
REPORT YOUR RESULTS!