Taught second semester, Analytical Chemistry, with first semester Physical Chemistry, makes up "Phamistry," taught by, of course, Mr. Pham. Analytical chemistry deals with the identification of component (or analytes) in samples, and the determination of the relative amounts of each. The identification process is called qualitative analysis, and the determination of the amount of each substance is called quantitative analysis. The applications of such analysis can be found in many, many aspects of our lives, such as medicine, food processing, pharmacology, forensic science, environmental science, toxicology, biochemistry, geology, biology, engineering, agriculture, and on and on.

Course topics and techniques used include analytical chemistry of aqueous ions, gravimetric analysis, volumetric analysis, statistical methods involved with analytical chemistry, various methods of chromatography, and mass spectrometry. There are also a large number of labs; here is a sampling:

• Complexometric Titration — Determination of water hardness
• Gravimetric Methods — Determination of Chloride
• Precipitation Titration — Determination of Chloride by Fajans Methods
• Gas Chromatography — Calculate respond factor (by TCD) and the determination of total petroleum hydrocarbon (by FID)
• UV-VIS — Determination of iron
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography — Determination of caffeine
• Thin Layer Chromatography — Test for the presence of caffeine in several over-the-counter medications
• Infrared Spectrophotometer — Total petroleum hydrocarbon by IR
• Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer — Determination of lead or copper concentration
• Mass Spectrometry — Determination of an unknown with given spectrum