| 1.1 | analytical chemistry | ||
| Scientific discipline that develops and applies strategies, instruments, and procedures to obtain information on the composition and nature of matter in space and time. | |||
| Note 1: | The definition was coined by the Working Party on Analytical Chemistry (WPAC) of the Federation of European Chemical Societies (FECS) and is known as the “Edinburgh Definition”.7 | ||
| Note 2: | The term “analytical science” was coined in 1998 to emphasise the impact of informatics on analytical chemistry.8 | ||
| See also: ref. 7, chemical analysis. | |||
| 1.1 | analytical chemistry | ||
| Scientific discipline that develops and applies strategies, instruments, and procedures to obtain information on the composition and nature of matter in space and time. | |||
| Note 1: | The definition was coined by the Working Party on Analytical Chemistry (WPAC) of the Federation of European Chemical Societies (FECS) and is known as the “Edinburgh Definition”.7 | ||
| Note 2: | The term “analytical science” was coined in 1998 to emphasise the impact of informatics on analytical chemistry.8 | ||
| See also: ref. 7, chemical analysis. | |||