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Analytical Chemistry is thus the science of chemical measurements. As such, it can and must help to solve social and R & D problems by resolving underlying analytical problems. In so doing, this discipline must be placed in the scientific-technical context where it belongs and isolationist positions must be avoided. Today's and tomorrow's Analytical Chemistry does not begin at the laboratory door and ends at the printer or plotter.
Research and development (R & D) strategies, existing analytical methods and techniques and constructive education are the essential ingredients of Analytical Chemistry if it is to fulfil its generic informative objective veraciously, efficiently and rapidly with little human and economic expenditure.
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Valcarcel, M. Analytical Chemistry — today's definition and interpretation. Fresenius J Anal Chem 343, 814–816 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328561
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