An
analytical technique is a method that is used to determine the
concentration of a
chemical compound or
chemical element. There are a wide variety of techniques used for analysis, from simple weighing (
gravimetric analysis) to
titrations (titrimetric) to very advanced techniques using highly specialized instrumentation. The most common techniques used in
analytical chemistry are the following:
There are many more techniques that have specialized applications, and within each major analytical technique there are many applications and variations of the general techniques.