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Chemical Technicians
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Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials for purposes, such as research and development of new products or processes, quality control, maintenance of environmental standards, and other work involving experimental, theoretical, or practical application of chemistry and related sciences.
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Degrees
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Abilities
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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Inductive Reasoning| | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Information Ordering| | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Problem Sensitivity| | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness| | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Finger Dexterity| | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Fluency of Ideas| | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Multilimb Coordination| | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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Trunk Strength| | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Manual Dexterity| | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Reaction Time| | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Spatial Orientation| | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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Gross Body Coordination| | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Response Orientation| | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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Rate Control| | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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Dynamic Flexibility| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Dynamic Strength| | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Interests
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Realistic| | Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
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Third Interest High-Point| | Tertiary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Investigative| | Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
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Conventional| | Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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Artistic| | Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. |
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Enterprising| | Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Social| | Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. |
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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Knowledge
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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English Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Customer and Personal Service| | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Education and Training| | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Administration and Management| | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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Public Safety and Security| | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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Engineering and Technology| | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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Physics| | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Law and Government| | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Building and Construction| | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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Food Production| | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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Philosophy and Theology| | Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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Fine Arts| | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
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Wages
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| North Carolina | $37,120.00 |
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| South Carolina | $36,670.00 |
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Related Careers
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Chemical Equipment Operators & Tenders| | Operate or tend equipment to control chemical changes or reactions in the processing of industrial or consumer products. Equipment used includes devulcanizers, steam-jacketed kettles, and reactor vessels. |
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Chemists| | Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or chemical experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge. |
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Environmental Science & Protection Technicians, Including Health| | Performs laboratory and field tests to monitor the environment and investigate sources of pollution, including those that affect health. Under direction of an environmental scientist or specialist, may collect samples of gases, soil, water, and other materials for testing and take corrective actions as assigned. |
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Food Science Technicians| | Perform standardized qualitative and quantitative tests to determine physical or chemical properties of food or beverage products. |
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Pest Control Workers| | Spray or release chemical solutions or toxic gases and set traps to kill pests and vermin, such as mice, termites, and roaches, that infest buildings and surrounding areas. |
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Soil & Plant Scientists| | Conduct research in breeding, physiology, production, yield, and management of crops and agricultural plants, their growth in soils, and control of pests; or study the chemical, physical, biological, and mineralogical composition of soils as they relate to plant or crop growth. May classify and map soils and investigate effects of alternative practices on soil and crop productivity. |
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Skills
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Active Listening| | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Systems Evaluation| | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Monitor product quality to ensure compliance to standards and specifications. |
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| Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical and chemical separation techniques, and microscopy. |
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| Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials. |
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| Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses. |
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| Provide technical support and assistance to chemists and engineers. |
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| Prepare chemical solutions for products and processes following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas. |
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| Develop and conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, and products. |
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| Maintain, clean, and sterilize laboratory instruments and equipment. |
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| Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products. |
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| Write technical reports or prepare graphs and charts to document experimental results. |
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| Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design. |
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| Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies. |
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| Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques. |
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| Design and fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products and processes. |
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Tools
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| Air or gas tanks or cylinders |
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| Lecture bottles |
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| Air velocity and temperature monitors |
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| Velometers |
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| Ammeters |
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| Arc lamps |
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| Deuterium lamps |
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| Hollow cathode lamps |
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| Atomic absorption AA spectrometers |
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| Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes |
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| Barometers |
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| Aneroid barometers |
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| Mercury barometers |
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| Bench refractometers or polarimeters |
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| Abbe refractometers |
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| Differential refractometers |
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| Benchtop centrifuges |
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| Bi metallic sensors |
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| Bimetallic strip thermometers |
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| Binocular light compound microscopes |
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| Optical compound microscopes |
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| Calculators or accessories |
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| Graphing calculators |
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| Calorimeters |
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| Bomb calorimeters |
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| Differential scanning calorimeters |
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| Ceramic crucibles |
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| Gooch crucibles |
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| Chromatographic detectors |
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| Ultraviolet UV detectors |
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| Chromatography syringes |
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| Chromatography microsyringes |
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| Chromatography tubing |
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| Photomultiplier tubes |
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| Comparators |
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| Coulometers |
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| Cuvettes |
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| Plastic cuvettes |
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| Decontamination shower |
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| Safety showers |
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| Desktop computers |
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| Dissolved oxygen meters |
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| Drying cabinets or ovens |
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| Laboratory drying ovens |
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| Electronic toploading balances |
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| Electronic top-load balances |
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| Eyewashers or eye wash stations |
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| Eyewash fountains |
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| Facial shields |
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| Face shields |
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| Filtering machinery |
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| Filter pumps |
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| Fire extinguishers |
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| Flame ionization analyzers |
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| Flame ionization detectors |
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| Flowmeters |
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| Bubble flow meters |
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| Fractionation apparatus |
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| Bubble-cap fractionating columns |
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| Molecular stills |
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| Freezedryers or lyophilzers |
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| Lyophilizers |
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| Fume hoods or cupboards |
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| Exhaust hoods |
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| Explosion-proof fume hoods |
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| Perchloric acid hoods |
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| Radioisotope fume hoods |
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| Gas burners |
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| Bunsen burners |
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| Laminar flow burners |
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| Meker burners |
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| Gas chromatographs |
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| Gas chromatography equipment |
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| Gas detectors |
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| Gas leak detectors |
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| Gas masks |
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| Canister gas masks |
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| Geiger counters |
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| Glass crucibles |
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| Glass laboratory crucibles |
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| Glass tubing |
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| Goggles |
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| Safety goggles |
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| Gravimeters |
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| Gravitational field indicators |
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| Handheld thermometer |
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| Beckmann thermometers |
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| Digital thermometers |
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| Hazardous material protective apparel |
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| Hazardous material protective clothing |
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| Heating mantles or tapes |
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| Heating mantles |
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| Heating or drying equipment or accessories |
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| Dessicators |
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| Steam baths |
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| High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography |
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| High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment |
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| High pressure sodium lamps |
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| Homogenizers |
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| Hot air blowers |
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| Hydrometers |
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| Immersion heaters |
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| Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers |
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| Atomic emissions spectroscopes |
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| Infrared lamps |
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| Infrared spectrometers |
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| Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers |
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| Infrared IR spectroscopes |
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| Ion analyzers |
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| Photo detectors |
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| Ion chromatographs |
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| Ion exchange chromatography equipment |
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| Laboratory balances |
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| Single-pan balances |
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| Torsion balances |
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| Unequal-arm balances |
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| Westphal balances |
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| Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers |
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| Laboratory blenders |
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| Laboratory box furnaces |
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| Muffle furnaces |
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| Laboratory burets |
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| Glass burets |
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| Laboratory centrifugal pumps |
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| Laboratory clamps |
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| Test tube clamps |
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| Utility clamps |
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| Laboratory cork borers |
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| Cork borer sets |
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| Laboratory crushers or pulverizers |
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| Sample crushers |
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| Laboratory dishes |
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| Evaporating dishes |
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| Laboratory flasks |
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| Claisen flasks |
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| Reaction flasks |
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| Vacuum flask traps |
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| Volumetric flasks |
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| Laboratory funnels |
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| Buchner funnels |
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| Hirsch funnels |
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| Laboratory general purpose tubing |
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| Capillary tubing |
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| Gas drying tubes |
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| Laboratory heat exchange condensers |
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| Distilling condensers |
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| Reflux condensers |
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| Laboratory hotplates |
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| Laboratory heating plates |
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| Laboratory mechanical convection ovens |
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| Gravity convection ovens |
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| Laboratory mills |
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| Ball mills |
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| Laboratory mixers |
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| Agitation tanks |
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| Magnetic agitators |
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| Laboratory presses |
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| Laboratory pressing equipment |
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| Laboratory sprayers |
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| Nebulizers |
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| Laboratory staining dishes or jars |
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| Bell jars |
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| Laboratory tongs |
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| Laboratory vacuum pumps |
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| Computer-controlled pumps |
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| Diffusion pumps |
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| Hand pumps |
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| Volume displacement pumps |
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| Water aspirators |
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| Lasers |
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| Dye lasers |
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| Ruby lasers |
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| Liquid chromatographs |
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| Liquid chromatography equipment |
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| Liquid scintillation counters |
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| Fluid scintillation counters |
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| Magnetic stirrers |
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| Magnetic stirring bars |
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| Mainframe computers |
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| Manometers | | | | |