Analytical chemistry is the science of obtaining, processing, and communicating information about the composition and structure of matter. In other words, it is determining what matter is and how much ...

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Liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) encompasses a suite of miniaturised solvent-based approaches designed to isolate and pre-concentrate analytes from complex matrices prior to instrumental analysis.

For the first time in its 75-year history, Pittcon went to the US West Coast. The convention, short for the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, is one of the ...

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Analytical chemistry is the discipline concerned with the qualitative and quantitative characterisation of matter. It spans sample preparation and separations (chromatography, microextractions, lab-on ...