Automation in a Chemical Laboratory

Any measurement in a chemical laboratory involving liquid materials comprises the following operations solution handling, analyte detection, data collection, and computation of results. 

there seems to be no way of resolving the problem of automated solution handling other than by manual operations, as long as we think in terms of batch operations, a concept in which generations of chemists have been trained. Therefore, in freshmen courses, as well as in advanced research laboratories, beakers, flasks, and volumetric glassware are still 

Most FIA applications published so far have been concerned with applications to serial assays, since FIA was originally designed for that purpose. It is hoped, however, that this monograph, written primarily for the analytical community, will contribute to the further exploitation of 

FI A in the above-mentioned areas, along the lines discussed in Chapter 8. 

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