Analytic reading

Does she spell out what she is going to talk about  

What do you think that this author is saying  

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Can you pick out the central thesis or idea of the chapter, book or article  

Can you understand the different parts of the text and how they all fit together  

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For the required limited dispersion in the above pH and pCa determinations, the analytical read-out had to be made within a residence time of only 5 s however, in the gradient flow injection titration illustrated in Fig. 5.16 and 5.17, and explained on pp. 331-332, the residence time increased from about 0.2 to 6 min (Fig. 5.17) or more. 

Below is an extract from a student essay. Read the essay, and then think about it in relation to the questions that we used for analytic reading. ... 

When using analytical measurements, try to provide a means to compare the analytical readings with related basic measurements, such as pressure, temperature, etc. 

Provided that anyway LC-MS/MS is an analytical technology deploying multiparameters per reading, any newcomer must realize that the more and detailed information he is looking for, the more time must be paid for the analytical reading. 

Read a recent article from the column Analytical Approach, published in Analytical Chemistry, or an article assigned by your instructor, and write an essay summarizing the nature of the problem and how it was solved. As a guide, refer back to Figure 1.3 for one model of the analytical approach. 

Analytical chemists converse using terminology that conveys specific meaning to other analytical chemists. To discuss and learn analytical chemistry you must first understand its language. You are probably already familiar with some analytical terms, such as "accuracy and "precision, but you may not have placed them in their appropriate analytical context. Other terms, such as "analyte and "matrix, may be less familiar. This chapter introduces many important terms routinely used by analytical chemists. Becoming comfortable with these terms will make the material in the chapters that follow easier to read and understand. 

Inorganic Analysis Redox titrimetry has been used for the analysis of a wide range of inorganic analytes. Although many of these methods have been replaced by newer methods, a few continue to be listed as standard methods of analysis. In this section we consider the application of redox titrimetry to several important environmental, public health, and industrial analyses. Other examples can be found in the suggested readings listed at the end of this chapter. 

An analysis of variance can be extended to systems involving more than a single variable. For example, a two-way ANOVA can be used in a collaborative study to determine the importance to an analytical method of both the analyst and the instrumentation used. The treatment of multivariable ANOVA is beyond the scope of this text, but is covered in several of the texts listed as suggested readings at the end of the chapter. 

Most mass spectrometers for analytical work have access to a large library of mass spectra of known compounds. These libraries are in a form that can be read immediately by a computer viz., the data corresponding to each spectrum have been compressed into digital form and stored permanently in memory. Each spectrum is stored as a list of m/z values for all peaks that are at least 5% of the height of the largest peak. To speed the search process, a much shorter version of the spectrum is normally examined (e.g., only one peak in every fourteen mass units). 

Constmction and checking of caUbrated curves Direct data acquisition from chromatographs Data collection for analytical instmments Entry of instmmental readings Manual results entry... 

A reading of Section 2.2 shows that all of the methods for determining reaction order can lead also to estimates of the rate constant, and very commonly the order and rate constant are determined concurrently. However, the integrated rate equations are the most widely used means for rate constant determination. These equations can be solved analytically, graphically, or by least-squares regression analysis. 

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