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O*NET detailed work activityAnalyze chemical compounds or substances
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This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Analyze biological or chemical substances or related data, under the O*NET work activity group Analyzing Data or Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 11 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
- Analyze test results to classify products or compare results with standard tables.
- Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
- Examine chemical or biological samples to identify cell structures or to locate bacteria or extraneous material, using a microscope.
- Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, or reactions, using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.
- Conduct standardized biological, microbiological or biochemical tests and laboratory analyses to evaluate the quantity or quality of physical or chemical substances in food or other products.
- Compute moisture or salt content, percentages of ingredients, formulas, or other product factors, using mathematical and chemical procedures.
- Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analysis.
- Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
- Examine and analyze material for presence and concentration of contaminants, such as asbestos, using variety of microscopes.
- Measure salinity, acidity, light, oxygen content, and other physical conditions of water to determine their relationship to aquatic life.