An analytical chemist is a scientist who studies and analyzes substances to determine their chemical composition, properties, and quality using various techniques and instruments. Full definition
Before joining industry, it's worth looking into further study, says Facundo Fernández, analytical chemist at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. (newscientist.com)
A 47 - year - old analytical chemist with sandy - gray hair and blue eyes, Jackson has a chemist's passion for the picky details of analysis, the skill his colleagues tapped when they asked him to investigate a disturbing possibility: that baby foods and formulas made with rice might contain arsenic, a known carcinogen. (discovermagazine.com)
In order to determine what a substance actually is, analytical chemists need to compare it with a pure version of what they think it might be, using techniques such as gas - column mass spectrometry (GCMS). (scientificamerican.com)