IB Chemistry - Data Processing

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Organic chemistry is a vast science which has brought many benefits to mankind in the form of novel compounds with a huge number of applications.

The development of new compounds involves identification, synthesis and purification procedures for which modern electronic instrumentation has helped enormously.

The data obtained appears as data which is presented in various graphical and numerical forms. This data then must be read and interpreted. The process of interpretation is a skill that must be learned

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