Types of Analytical methods, Different areas of Analytical chemitry

 Analytical chemistry:

Definition:

" The Science & art of determining composition of material in terms of element or compound content" 

Concerned with Chemical Characterization of mater involver Qualitative and Quantitative determination.

Analytical Methods:

• Classical Methods:  Wet chemical methods such as precipitation, extraction, distillation, boiling or melting points, gravimetric and titrimetric measurements.
• Instrumental Methods:  Analytical measurements (conductivity, electrode potential, light absorption or emission, mass-to-charge ratio, fluorescence etc.) are made using instrumentation.

Several different areas of analytical chemistry:

1. Clinical analysis- blood, urine, feces, cellular fluids, etc., for use in diagnosis.
2. Pharmaceutical analysis- establish the physical properties, toxicity, metabolites, quality control, etc.,
3. Environmental analysis- pollutants, soil and water analysis, pesticides.
4. Forensic analysis- analysis related to criminology; DNA finger printing, finger print detection; blood analysis.
5. Industrial quality control- required by most companies to control product quality.
6. Bioanalytical chemistry and analysis- detection and/or analysis of biological components (i.e., proteins, DNA,RNA, carbohydrates, metabolites,etc.).