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O*NET detailed work activityMeasure physical or chemical properties of materials or objects
Stays humanHands-on work
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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 Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 11 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Monitor and control temperature of products.
- Make radiographic images to detect flaws in objects while leaving objects intact.
- Produce images of objects on film, using radiographic techniques.
- Map the presence of imperfections within objects, using sonic measurements.
- Produce images or measurements, using tools or techniques such as atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy, particle size analysis, or zeta potential analysis.
- Inspect or measure thin films of carbon nanotubes, polymers, or inorganic coatings, using a variety of techniques or analytical tools.
- Assist nanoscientists or engineers in processing or characterizing materials according to physical or chemical properties.
- Generate high-resolution images or measure force-distance curves, using techniques such as atomic force microscopy.
- Evaluate material properties, using radio astronomy, voltage and amperage measurement, or rheometric flow measurement.
- Assay radiopharmaceuticals, verify rates of disintegration, and calculate the volume required to produce the desired results, to ensure proper dosages.
- Calculate amount of pollutant in samples or compute air pollution or gas flow in industrial processes, using chemical and mathematical formulas.