analytical chemistry

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the subdivision of chemistry dealing with the qualitative and quantitative determination of chemical components of substances.

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First recorded in 1875–80

She combines analytical chemistry with high-flying techniques to understand where air pollution comes from and how it changes as it moves through the air.
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As such, they allow us a peek at the chemistry before the planets and moons evolved into what we know them as today.
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Muslims made many discoveries in mathematics, chemistry, physics, medicine, astronomy and psychology.
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Throughout the 1990s, advances in chemistry led the materials solidify more quickly, thus making 3D printing more useful.
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Susli, the one-time chemistry grad student, started helping Lloyd and Postol with research into hexamine.
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Brainwaves change, body chemistry is transformed, even white blood cell count improves.
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Chemistry has taught us that nicotine is only one among many principles which are contained in the plant.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
George Fordyce, died; an eminent Scottish physician and writer on medicine and chemistry.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The object of the present work is to offer to the farmer a concise outline of the general principles of Agricultural Chemistry.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
The modern astronomer needs to know much of chemistry, or else he can not understand many of his observations on the sun.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
No man who ever was in a quarry or gravel pit will say so, much less one who has the least smattering of chemistry or geology.
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