Quantitative Analysis
The term quantitative analysis is used to described any procedure by which the percentage composition of any compound or mixture is determined. For example, chemists might want to know the exact composition of some new compound that has been discovered. Or they might want to find out what the percentage of gold is in a new ore that has been discovered. Both of these questions can be answered by the procedures of quantitative analysis. Quantitative techniques can be divided into two general categories: wet or classical techniques and instrumental methods.
Classical methods
Classical methods have been used since the beginning of modern chemistry in the nineteenth century. They generally make use of balances and...
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