The four players in the Analytical Performance

We, analytical chemists, have reason to think ourselves masters of the universe. After all, where would the world be without the massive amount of data that pervade virtually every aspect of society. From law enforcement to health care, from environment protection to food safety, from prehistoric fo...

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Published inJournal of analytical atomic spectrometry Vol. 27; no. 8; pp. 1173 - 1176
Main Author de Galan, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.2012
Subjects
Chemists
Foods
Fossils
Health care
Mathematical analysis
Profession
Spectrometry
Universe
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Summary:We, analytical chemists, have reason to think ourselves masters of the universe. After all, where would the world be without the massive amount of data that pervade virtually every aspect of society. From law enforcement to health care, from environment protection to food safety, from prehistoric fossils to planetary observations, all rely on the intricate measurements that have become available since the instrumental revolution transformed the analytical profession in the two decades between 1955 and 1975. However, the analytical chemist is only one of four actors who together have welded the analytical necklace to its current brilliance. During my working days in academia and industry I have performed two roles myself, and closely observed the other two, so I feel free to reflect on all four in the order of their appearance on the stage. From his experience of working in both academia and industry, Leo de Galan provides a perspective on the four different roles which are played out in the process of an analytical measurement.
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ISSN:0267-9477
1364-5544
DOI:10.1039/c2ja90011d