Answer to Question #91630 in General Chemistry for Renette Milien

Question

What tools in the laboratory could I use to help me determine which was a compound and which was an element?

Answer 1

Chemical analysis equipment is used to identify, characterize, and quantify chemical components.

Instruments used to detect, analyze, and measure chemicals include:

- Spectroscopy systems, such as, atomic absorption, atomic emission

- Gas chromatography and liquid chromatography systems, including solid-phase extraction

- Process analyzers

- Refractometers, rheometers, viscometers, evaporators, thermal analyzers, and calorimeters.