FROM ZEEMANN ATOMIC ABSORPTION TO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

AN APPROACH TOWARDS ANALYTICAL SCIENCE

Abstract

The author has been studying the application of the Zeeman effect to spectroscopic analyses, because the Zeeman effect gives additional specificity by utilizing the magnetic quantum number selection rules. The author and his colleagues started with the development of Zeeman Atomic Absorption(ZAA), then developed Tunable Atomic Line Molecular Spectroscopy(TALMS) and now are studying Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI), Through these studies a simple methodological structure in analytical chemistry has been found. This structure goes beyond the conventional idea of analytical chemistry, and leads to the concept of analytical science. The author would like to propose a conceptual structure for “Analytical Science”