History of Analytical Chemistry: Modern Time 1890 1970 Late 1800's

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HISTORY OF ANALYTICAL

CHEMISTRY
1890 1970
Late 1800's The first instrumental
Many of these
Modern time
techniques began
Analytical chemistry began in analysis was flame Ominated by instrumental
to be used
the late eighteenth century emissive spectrometry analysis. Many analytical
together as hybrid
with the work of French chemists focus on a single
developed by Robert techniques to
chemist Antoine-Laurent
type of instrument.
Bunsen and Gustav achieve a
Lavoisier and others; the
complete Academics tend to either
discipline was further Kirchhoff who
characterization focus on new applications
developed in the nineteenth discovered rubidium
of samples. and discoveries or on new
century by Carl Fresenius and
and caesium methods of analysis.
Karl Friedrich Mohr.

1848 1900 Late 20th Analytical chemistry can be


defined as follows: “Analytical

As a pharmacist's
apprentice in Frankfurt,
century chemistry is a metrological
scientific discipline that
develops, optimizes, and
During this period
Germany, Fresenius Also saw an expansion applies methods, uses
instrumental analysis
developed an extensive of the application of instruments and strategies to
becomes progressively
qualitative analysis analytical chemistry obtain information on the
dominant in the field. In
composition and nature
scheme that, when it was from somewhat
particular many of the (physical, biological,
academic chemical
later published, served as basic spectroscopic biochemical, and chemical) of
and spectrometric
questions to forensic,
the first textbook of matter and also in order

techniques were environmental,


analytical chemistry.
discovered in the early industrial and medical

20th century. questions, such as


histology.

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