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chemical analysis

n. the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements [syn: qualitative analysis]

Usage examples of "chemical analysis".

For them my experiment may seem merely trivial, like trying to understand how a computer works by doing a chemical analysis of its logic chips.

Just think, a dried stain of the wine, no matter how tiny, might have served me in a chemical analysis.

Rabban drained his brandy in a single gulp, while de Vries simply stared at it as if performing a chemical analysis with his eyes.

You can identify certain chemical solutions, for instance, by something you call color when I would be forced to run a chemical analysis.

And although the substance has a toxic effect, chemical analysis shows it isn't primarily a toxin, which a nerve gas would be.

I ordered a Scotch and was given a drink that rigorous chemical analysis might have found to contain a trace element of whisky.

It has shown itself particularly valuable in laboratories for chemical analysis, where the rapidity of the weighings is frequently a test of precision.