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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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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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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing 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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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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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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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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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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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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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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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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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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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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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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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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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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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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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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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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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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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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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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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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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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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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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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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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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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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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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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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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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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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 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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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 Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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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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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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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Interests
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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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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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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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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-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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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/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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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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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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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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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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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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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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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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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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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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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $81,640.00 |
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| North Carolina | $55,010.00 |
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| South Carolina | $56,610.00 |
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Related Careers
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Chemical Plant & System Operators| | Control or operate an entire chemical process or system of machines. |
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Chemical Technicians| | 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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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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Materials Scientists| | Research and study the structures and chemical properties of various natural and manmade materials, including metals, alloys, rubber, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and glass. Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications. |
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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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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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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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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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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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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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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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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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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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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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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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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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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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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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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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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 Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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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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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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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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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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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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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Tasks
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| Analyze organic and inorganic compounds to determine chemical and physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, and reactions, utilizing chromatography, spectroscopy, and spectrophotometry techniques. |
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| Develop, improve, and customize products, equipment, formulas, processes, and analytical methods. |
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| Study effects of various methods of processing, preserving, and packaging on composition and properties of foods. |
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| Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency and to diagnose malfunctions. |
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| Confer with scientists and engineers to conduct analyses of research projects, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests. |
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| Prepare test solutions, compounds, and reagents for laboratory personnel to conduct test. |
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| Direct, coordinate, and advise personnel in test procedures for analyzing components and physical properties of materials. |
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| Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, and chemical catalysts for quantitative and qualitative analysis. |
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| Write technical papers and reports and prepare standards and specifications for processes, facilities, products, or tests. |
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Tools
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| Analytical balances |
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| Atomic absorption AA spectrometers |
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| Atomic absorption spectrometers |
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| Benchtop centrifuges |
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| Chemical centrifuges |
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| High-speed centrifuges |
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| Tabletop centrifuges |
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| Calorimeters |
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| Differential scanning calorimeters |
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| Oxygen bomb calorimeters |
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| Chart recorders |
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| Strip chart recorders |
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| Chemistry analyzers |
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| Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN elemental analyzers |
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| Stripping analyzers |
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| Chilling units or cold water circulators |
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| Refrigerated circulators |
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| Conductivity meters |
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| Conductance meters |
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| Cryostats |
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| Cuvettes |
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| Densitometers |
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| Desktop computers |
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| Digital cameras |
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| Dissolved carbon dioxide analyzers |
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| Respirometers |
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| Dissolved oxygen meters |
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| Distillation pipings or columns or fittings |
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| Airfree/waterfree solvent purification systems |
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| Dropping pipettes |
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| Micropipettes |
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| Pipettes |
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| Electrogravimetry analyzers |
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| Electrochemical analyzers |
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| Electronic measuring probes |
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| Immersion probes |
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| Electronic toploading balances |
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| Electronic balances |
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| Top-loading balances |
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| Electrophoresis system accessories |
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| Fraction collectors |
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| Extracting equipment for laboratories |
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| Microdistillation ovens |
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| Microwave digestion systems |
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| Flask or retort units |
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| Distilling units |
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| Floor centrifuges |
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| Flow injection analysis equipment |
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| Flow injection analyzers |
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| Fluorescent microscopes |
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| Fluorescence microscopes |
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| Freeze dryers or lyopholizers |
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| Freeze dryers |
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| Freezedryers or lyophilzers |
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| Benchtop lyophilizers |
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| Fume hoods or cupboards |
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| Fume hoods |
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| Galvanometers |
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| Galvanistats |
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| Gas burners |
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| Bunsen burners |
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| Gas chromatographs |
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| Gel documentation accessories |
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| Digital electrophoresis documentation and analysis systems |
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| Gel documentation systems |
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| Digital gel analyzer systems |
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| General purpose refrigerators or refrigerator freezers |
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| Cryogenic refrigerators |
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| Heating or drying equipment or accessories |
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| Deflagration spoons |
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| Hematology or chemistry mixers |
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| Automatic peptide synthesizers |
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| Mini synthesizers |
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| High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography |
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| High-performance liquid chromatographs |
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| High-pressure liquid chromatography systems |
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| High vacuum combustion apparatus |
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| Combustion furnaces |
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| Homogenizers |
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| Hot air blowers |
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| Air dryers |
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| Illuminators for microscopes |
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| Mercury lamp photolysis systems |
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| Infrared spectrometers |
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| Injectors |
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| Microinjectors |
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| Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis |
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| Capillary electrophoresis systems |
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| Inverted microscopes |
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| Ion selective electrode ISE meters |
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| Ion analyzers |
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| Isolation glove boxes |
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| Inert atmosphere glove boxes |
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| Laboratory balances |
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| Micro electrobalances |
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| Laboratory beakers |
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| Beakers |
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| Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers |
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| Hydrogenation apparatus |
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| Laboratory box furnaces |
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| Box furnace ovens |
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| Laboratory burets |
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| Burets |
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| Laboratory chillers |
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| Closed cycle refrigerators |
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| Laboratory evaporators |
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| Cold trap evaporators |
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| Laboratory flasks |
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| Erlenmeyer flasks |
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| Laboratory funnels |
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| Funnels |
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| Thistle tubes |
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| Laboratory graduated cylinders |
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| Graduated cylinders |
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| Laboratory heat exchange condensers |
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| Lab heat exchangers |
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| Laboratory hotplates |
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| Hot plates with magnetic stirrers |
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| Laboratory mills |
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| Grinder mills |
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| Laboratory mixers |
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| Plasticorders |
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| Laboratory presses |
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| Laboratory vacuum pumps |
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| Reagent pumps |
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| Vacuum pumps |
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| Laboratory washing machines |
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| Glassware washers |
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| Laser beam analyzers |
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| Laser power meters |
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| Laser printers |
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| Lasers |
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| Diode lasers |
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| Dye lasers |
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| Helium-cadmium lasers |
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| Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers |
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| Nitrogen lasers |
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| Picosecond lasers |
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| Liquid chromatographs |
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| Liquid chromatography fittings |
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| Photochemical reactors |
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| Liquid scintillation counters |
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| Magnetic stirrers |
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| Tube magnetic mixers |
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| Magnetometer geophysical instruments |
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| Magnetometers |
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| Mainframe computers |
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| Mass spectrometers |
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| Melting point recorders |
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| Melting point apparatus |
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| Microcentrifuges |
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| Microplates |
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| Multiwell microplates |
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| Monocular microscopes |
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| Multipurpose or general test tubes |
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| Test tubes |
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| Multiwell plates |
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| Well tissue culture plates |
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| Notebook computers |
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| Laptop computers |
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| Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers |
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| Optical diffraction apparatus |
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| Particle size analyzers |
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| Orbital shaking water baths |
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| Shaking waterbaths |
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| Oscilloscopes |
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| Signal average storage scopes |
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| Paramagnetic susceptibility analyzers |
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| Magnetic susceptibility balances |
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| Personal computers |
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| Petri plates or dishes |
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| Petri dishes |
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| pH meters |
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| Plotter printers |
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| Large-format plotters |
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| Polarimeters |
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| Polarographic analyzers |
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| Polarizing microscopes |
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| Potentiometers |
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| Potentiostats |
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