Module :01 Role of analytical chemistry
Principal Investigator: Dr.NutanKaushik, Senior Fellow
The Energy and Resouurces Institute (TERI), New Delhi
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Mohammad Amir, Professor of Pharm. Chemistry,
JamiaHamdard University, New Delhi
Paper Coordinator: Prof. Rajeev Jain, Professor of Chemistry, Jiwaji
University, Gwalior
Content Writer: Prof. Rajeev Jain, Professor of Chemistry, Jiwaji
University, Gwalior
Content Reviwer: Dr. NimishaJadon, Assistant Professor, Jiwaji University,
Gwalior
Analytical Chemistry Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
/ Instrumentation
Role of analytical chemistry
, Description of Module
Subject Name Analytical Chemistry / Instrumentation
Paper Name Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
Module Name/Title Role of analytical chemistry
Module Id 01
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Paper: Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
Module: 1
Role of Analytical Chemistry
1. Introduction
Analytical chemistry is as old as chemistry. Analytical chemistry acts as a foundation
for other branches of chemistry. In fact the science of chemistry came into existence
as a result of human inquisitiveness to understand the nature of an extraordinary
variety of matter that surrounded him, and this knowledge was obtained by analysing
different types of material. A complex material on analysis can give rise to a number
of new and simpler constituents. Each of the constituents can be further analysed and
if this process is continued, a stage will come when a constituent will not give
anything new; such a constituent is called an element. Thus the concept of an element
as a substance which cannot be broken down into something simpler by ordinary
chemical methods arose from analytical data on different substances. The construction
of chemical balance provided a quantitative aspect to chemical analysis. With this
development the study of analytical chemistry stimulated quantitative approach to
Analytical Chemistry Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
/ Instrumentation
Role of analytical chemistry