CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chemical analysis mean? 

• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS (noun)
  The noun CHEMICAL ANALYSIS has 1 sense:

1. the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements

  Familiarity information: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

chemical analysis; qualitative analysis

Hypernyms ("chemical analysis" is a kind of...):

analysis (an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole)

Domain member category:

tare ((chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chemical analysis"):

uranalysis; urinalysis ((medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis))

scatology ((medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes))

polarography (an electrochemical method of chemical analysis)

quantitative analysis; quantitative chemical analysis (chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance)

spectrographic analysis; spectrometry; spectroscopic analysis; spectroscopy; spectrum analysis (the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra)

dialysis (separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes)

dating; geological dating (use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens)

thermogravimetry (the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances)

 Context examples 

He tossed a sheet of paper upon the table, and turned once more to his chemical analysis.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A mass spectrometry technique used to increase the precision and accuracy of chemical analysis.

(Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)

In this particular study, they developed and tested a complete system for performing chemical analysis techniques in situ, consisting of electronic circuitry and electrodes with chemical sensors to measure the compound in question, coupled to a mobile phone.

(Scientists design platform to conduct chemical analysis using a smartphone, University of Granada)

The results of the study were confirmed by using different methods like the massive sequencing of genetic markers to detect and classify microorganisms, microbial culture attempts, fluorescent flow cytometry to identify individual cells, chemical analysis of brines and scanning electron microscopy combined with X-ray spectroscopy.

(Place discovered on earth with no microbial life, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Chemical analysis of 10 flints using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry showed that the stone tools had been coated with resin from local pine trees, and in one case, resin had also been mixed with beeswax.

(Neanderthals used resin 'glue' for tools, National Science Foundation)

One obvious step toward making these chemical analysis techniques more widely available would be to find a means to enable even untrained personnel to conduct them, in any location, in the proximity of the sample to be analysed, delivering performance that would ensure the results of the measurements were useful.

(Scientists design platform to conduct chemical analysis using a smartphone, University of Granada)

If there is an afternoon train to town, Watson, I think we should do well to take it, as I have a chemical analysis of some interest to finish, and this investigation draws rapidly to a close.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Scientists from the multidisciplinary research group ECsens of the University of Granada (UGR) have developed and tested a new system that enables a large number of chemical analysis techniques to be performed in situ, using a smartphone.

(Scientists design platform to conduct chemical analysis using a smartphone, University of Granada)

Chemical analysis techniques—such as those used in clinical analyses for personal health purposes, water and food testing, and environmental monitoring—are typically performed in well-resourced laboratories by qualified personnel using equipment that is often bulky and expensive.

(Scientists design platform to conduct chemical analysis using a smartphone, University of Granada)