Analytical Chemistry
B List chemists
C's get degrees
D is for dilution
Elements in period 7
100
This instrument is used to separate and analyze compounds that can be vaporized without being decomposed. We have one in the instruments room.
What is a gas chromatograph?
100
This Nobel prize-winning German chemist developed a design for the symbolic "projection" of asymmetric carbon atoms, which bears his name
Who is (Emil) Fischer?
100
This branch of chemistry helps us catch the bad guys. It is also the reason we have cocaine in the prep room fridge.
What is forensic chemistry?
100
When performing a dilution, one may use this equation, which relates initial and final concentrations and volumes
What is M1V1 = M2V2
100
The element with atomic number 99 was discovered in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion in 1952. It is named in honor of everyone's favorite physicist, pictured here:
What is Einsteinium
200
The concentration of a solution can be determined through this technique, involving the addition of a stock solution until some end point is reached
What is a titration?
200
This UC Berkeley biochemist pioneered the PCR technique of DNA amplification. He once remarked that his use of LSD had helped him in his research.
Who is Kary Mullis?
200
This is the most important branch of chemistry. Jk lol. It is where biology and chemistry intersect and the major of the person reading this question.
What is biochemistry?
200
If diluting by a large factor, one may require the use of these pictured below, to transfer very small amounts of solution
What is a micropipette
200
This number 88 element was first isolated by Marie Sklowdoska Curie in Paris, for which she won the noble prize a year later. Not to be confused with the element named after her.
What is radium?
300
This technique involves measuring the absorbance or transmission properties of a material as a function of wavelength, often in order to determine the concentration of an analyte via the Lambert-Beer law
What is spectrophotometry?
300
This German chemist was a pioneer in spectroscopy and discovered the elements caesium and rubidium. There is also a very hot laboratory device named after him.
Who is (Robert) Bunsen?
300
This branch of chemistry deals with the study of hydrocarbons
What is organic chemistry?
300
Referred to as a dilution this, it is a genetic element that lightens the coat color of certain species such as mice
What is a dilution gene or dilution allele?
300
Marvel fans will find it easy to identify this element named after a hammer-wielding Norse god
What is thorium?
400
This type of microscope utilizes electrons as a source of illumination. The physics department has one in Adams Business Park
What is an electron microscope?
400
This German chemist won the Nobel prize in 1907 for his work on fermentation. A ceramic laboratory funnel bears his name
Who is (Eduard) Buchner?
400
This branch of chemistry focuses on studying metals and minerals
What is inorganic chemistry?
400
An important technique for achieving large dilution factors, this technique involves successive additions of a number of solutions, multiplying the dilution factor with each transfer
What is a serial dilution?
400
This number 94 element is named after a planet... or is it a moon
What is plutonium?
500
This instrument measures the mass-to-charge (m/z) ratio of molecules using electric and magnetic fields. It is often used for isotope dating and protein characterization
What is a mass spectrometer?
500
The first modern chemist who made his name in the 17th century is known for a law that relates volume to pressure, P1V1=P2V2
Who is (Robert) Boyle?
500
A subset of physical chemistry, this branch of chemistry focuses on subatomic mechanics of molecules and electron contribution. The chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, was awarded a Ph.D. in this field.
What is quantum chemistry?
500
This term means "the widening of the luminal diameter of the blood vessels"
What is vasodilation?
500
This element is named after a Renaissance astronomer who caused a lot of 14th-century controversy with his book On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres
What is Copernicium?