Hi I'd like to broach, in an open forum, the question of how to identify molecules in a solution.
Ideally, chemistry used to be a hit and miss process. There are hundreds of years of techniques for extracting, purifying and separating the components of a solution.
The more recent (30 years) science of exactly identifying components and strength of solutions is a more recent phenomenon. Also the miniturization of computer components, and the mass market production of electrical instruments in the last 15 years has lead to a simplification (cheaper) of the device involved in identifying molecules.
My simple question (with a complex answer) whats the cheapest solution to be able to identify (programmatically or looking up tables) which molecules are what? Also, same question but proportions of each molecule?
Ideally, chemistry used to be a hit and miss process. There are hundreds of years of techniques for extracting, purifying and separating the components of a solution.
The more recent (30 years) science of exactly identifying components and strength of solutions is a more recent phenomenon. Also the miniturization of computer components, and the mass market production of electrical instruments in the last 15 years has lead to a simplification (cheaper) of the device involved in identifying molecules.
My simple question (with a complex answer) whats the cheapest solution to be able to identify (programmatically or looking up tables) which molecules are what? Also, same question but proportions of each molecule?