So, some old lady was walking on beach and she founded a glass bottle stuck in a

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So, some old lady was walking on beach and she founded a glass bottle stuck in almunium cannon, and there were some fluid in the glass bottle. She call you to analyze the sample.

The methods we have are gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, NMR, IR, Luminescence spectrometry, Ultraviolet-Visible molecular absorption spectrometry.

My question is how would you analyze the unknown sample.

(1) When time and cost matter
(2) When only time matter
(3) When only cost matter
(4) When time and cost doesn't matter

Explanation / Answer

1) Liquid Chromatography is the cheapest way, it is also relatively fast. Actually in real life is not about the process per se but about the lab queue and orders that take time to analyze

2) You want the fastest, IR is recommended, even though its expensive. You will get the substance very fast

3) If cost is the matter, yo need the cheapest one. Once again Liquid chromatography is a good option

4) Probably this is the case, in which you really want the best results. Choose NMR, Gas chromatography and Molecular Absoprtion Spectrometry for complete profile

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