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Analysis of one form or another is an essential and inseparable part of chemistry. The examination of a new material, whether of mineral or organic origin, inevitably involves analytical procedures, as does the investigation of the products of a chemical change. Indeed, analysis of a kind certainly predated both chemistry and alchemy, as the practitioners of the early chemical technologies attempted to identify and quantify the materials with which they were concerned.
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© 1992 John Hudson
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Hudson, J. (1992). Analytical Chemistry. In: The History of Chemistry. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22362-6_14
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