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Chemistry

Signal Processing in Analytical Chemistry

Quick fact

Modern analytical instruments can generate over 100,000 data points per second; without signal processing, finding the actual chemical peak among the electronic noise would be like finding a whisper in a rock concert.

Why this is interesting

You've just run a chemical analysis, and your instrument gives you a messy, jagged line with dips, bumps, and spikes. How do you turn that noisy trace into a clean, reliable measurement of what's in your sample?