Importance Of Analytical Chemistry In Daily Life

History and use of analytical chemistry in daily life

Definition:

Analytical chemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with the qualitative and quantitative analysis of different materials.
Analytical chemistry has wide spread applications from quality control in food industries to geological assays.

History:

Analytical chemistry has played a vital role since the prehistoric times because it tells about the methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis. During the early days the most significant contributions to the field of analytical chemistry were:
1) Elemental analysis by Justus von Liebig.
2) organic analysis.

Organic compounds were analyzed due to the presence of functional groups which show specific reactions.

First instrumental analysis:

The method of flame

This also helps in determining the shelf life of the product.

Importance of analytical chemistry in clinical assays

Analytical chemistry plays a very important role in biological studies an clinical assays. Analytical chemistry is important in the field of medicine because it helps to measure the level of important nutrients in human body like carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and sugars.
Analytical techniques also help in determining the levels of toxic waste in the body like uric acid, cholesterol, drugs and some salts. this helps in diagnosis of many diseases.

Disease diagnosis:

Analytical chemistry also helps in disease diagnosis. for example diseases like diabetes, high levels of cholesterol and other bacterial and viral diseases can be diagnosed by the help of quantitative and qualitative analysis.

X-Ray analysis is a very important technique of analytical chemistry which is used widely in the field of medicine. Fractures can be detected using X-Ray analysis.

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