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Job Description
Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-2031.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 80,820.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 38.00
- Currently, there are 86,660 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Chemists”.
Also Known As…
- Chemists
- Senior Chemist
- Scientist
- Research Chemist
- Quality Control Chemist (QC Chemist)
- Forensic Scientist
- Forensic Chemist
- Chemist
- Chemical Laboratory Scientist
- Analytical Chemist
- Air Quality Chemist
- Wet Chemistry Analyst
- Water Chemist
- Textile Chemist
- Soil Chemist
- Sanitary Chemist
- Rubber Chemist
- Research and Development Chemist
- Product Development Chemist
- Process Chemist
- Powder Expert
- Physiological Chemist
- Physical Chemist
- Pharmaceutical Scientist
- Pharmaceutical Analyst
- Pesticide Chemist
- Patent Chemist
- Oil Expert
- Nutritional Chemist
- Metals Analyst
- Medical Chemist
- Laboratory Supervisor
- Laboratory Chemist
- Inorganic Chemist
- Industrial Chemist
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analyst (GC-MS Analyst)
- Food Processing Chemist
- Food Chemist
- Electrochemist
- Development Associate
- Dairy Chemist
- Criminalist
- Cosmetic Chemist
- Control Chemist
- Coal Chemist
- Coagulating Drying Supervisor
- Chemical Laboratory Chief
- Chemical Economist
- Chemical Analyst
- Cereal Chemist
- Ceramic Chemist
- Bench Scientist
- Bench Chemist
- Astrochemist
- Analytical Scientist
- Agricultural Chemist
Tasks for “Mix Chemist”
- Maintain laboratory instruments to ensure proper working order and troubleshoot malfunctions when needed.
- Confer with scientists or engineers to conduct analyses of research projects, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests.
- Direct, coordinate, or advise personnel in test procedures for analyzing components or physical properties of materials.
- Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency or to diagnose malfunctions.
- Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, or reactions, using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.
- Purchase laboratory supplies, such as chemicals, when supplies are low or near their expiration date.
- Conduct quality control tests.
- Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analysis.
- Develop, improve, or customize products, equipment, formulas, processes, or analytical methods.
- Study effects of various methods of processing, preserving, or packaging on composition or properties of foods.
- Prepare test solutions, compounds, or reagents for laboratory personnel to conduct tests.
- Evaluate laboratory safety procedures to ensure compliance with standards or to make improvements as needed.
- Write technical papers or reports or prepare standards and specifications for processes, facilities, products, or tests.
Related Technology & Tools
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS
- Pressure sensors
- Liquid chromatographs LC
- Signal average storage scopes
- Thermal gravimetric analyzers
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
- Polarimeters
- Pipetting stations
- Thermal cyclers
- Deflagration spoons
- Oscillating disc rheometers
- Box furnace ovens
- Conductivity detectors
- Reagent pumps
- Electrochemical analyzers
- Oxygen bomb calorimeters
- Titrators
- Mass spectrometers
- Cryostats
- Analytical balances
- High-pressure high-temperature reactors
- Fluorescence microscopes
- Rotary evaporators
- Micropipettes
- Vacuum ovens
- Refrigerated circulators
- Chemical centrifuges
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Bunsen burners
- Tubular furnaces
- Hydrogenation apparatus
- Flow injection analyzers
- Annealing ovens
- Benchtop lyophilizers
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Personal computers
- High-pressure liquid chromatography systems
- Monocular microscopes
- Luminescence spectrometers
- Immersion probes
- Magnetic susceptibility balances
- Fume hoods
- Digital cameras
- Air dryers
- Microdistillation ovens
- Mainframe computers
- X ray diffraction equipment
- Distillation ovens
- Tissue culture plates
- Capillary electrophoresis systems
- Dye lasers
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Solar simulators
- Mercury lamp photolysis systems
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Hot plates with magnetic stirrers
- Oscilloscopes
- Fraction collectors
- Electronic toploading balances
- Shaking waterbaths
- Polarizing microscopes
- Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN elemental analyzers
- Microcentrifuges
- Syringe pumps
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Laser power meters
- Water baths
- Photochemical reactors
- Single crystal x ray diffractometers
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Microinjectors
- Ion selective electrode ISE meters
- Floor centrifuges
- Shaking incubators
- Tensile testers
- Test tubes
- Microwave digestion systems
- Picosecond lasers
- Laser printers
- Particle size analyzers
- Micro electrobalances
- Funnels
- Mini synthesizers
- Stereo zoom microscopes
- Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
- Melting point apparatus
- Polarographic analyzers
- Cold trap evaporators
- Airfree/waterfree solvent purification systems
- Karl Fischer titrators
- Combustion furnaces
- Conductivity meters
- Digital gel analyzer systems
- Tube magnetic mixers
- Conductance meters
- Digital electrophoresis documentation and analysis systems
- Spectrophotometers
- Plasticorders
- Stripping analyzers
- Lab heat exchangers
- Liquid scintillation counters
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Speed-vac concentrators
- Freeze dryers
- Spectrometers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Ultraviolet-visible spectrometers
- Galvanostats
- Pipettes
- Ultracentrifuges
- Grinder mills
- Glassware washers
- pH meters
- Laptop computers
- Autotitrators
- Distilling units
- Magnetometers
- Ion analyzers
- Large-format plotters
- Centrifugal evaporator concentrators
- Cryogenic refrigerators
- Potentiostats
- Densitometers
- Homogenizers
- Infrared IR spectrometers
- Desktop computers
- Inverted microscopes
- Well tissue culture plates
- Cuvettes
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Nitrogen lasers
- High-performance liquid chromatographs
- Thistle tubes
- Multiwell microplates
- Respirometers
- High-speed centrifuges
- Helium-cadmium lasers
- Microplate spectrophotometers
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Split-hinge furnaces
- Graduated cylinders
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Sonicators
- Respirators
- Strip chart recorders
- Solvent recyclers
- Refrigerated high-speed centrifuges
- Laboratory presses
- Closed cycle refrigerators
- Nanoscopes
- Burets
- Petri dishes
- Inert atmosphere glove boxes
- Beakers
- Diode lasers
- Automatic peptide synthesizers
- Alcohol lamps
- Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS
- Microsoft Visio
- C
- Microsoft Office
- Gaussian software
- SAP
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Synthematix StructureSearch
- ChemSW Laboratory Document Control System LDCS
- Organic synthesis planning software
- Apple iWork Pages
- Multi-functional calculators
- ChemSW Molecular Modeling Pro
- CambridgeSoft ChemOffice Ultra
- Siemens SHELXTL
- Graphics software
- Oracle Java
- Advanced Chemistry Development ACD/1D nuclear magnetic resonance NMR processor
- Chemical kinetics software
- Structured query language SQL
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- SAS JMP
- Modeling software
- Waters Empower Chromatography Data Software
- Density functional theory DFT software
- Chem2Pac
- UBI Biotracker
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Apple iWork
- JDA Arthur KnowledgeBase database
- Extensible markup language XML
- Statistical software
- Bruker BioSpin TopSpin
- ChemSW Mass Spec Tools
- Microsoft Excel
- NeoOffice
- C++
- Surface modeling software
- MSI Insight/Discover
- Digital imaging software
- MolDraw
- ItemTracker
- Minitab
- Microsoft Access
- Wavefunction Spartan
- Logger software
- Crystallography software
- Waters Millennium32
- ChemSW Uncertainty Pro
- Molecular simulation software
- ChemSW Calibration Pro
- Conversion tools software
- Apple iWork Keynote
- ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D
- Accelrys DeCipher
- Vogel Scientific Software Group CALACO
- LabTrack Electronic Lab Notebook
- Network Science IR Mentor Pro
- Word processing software
- Agilent ChemStation
- Hypercube HyperChem
- Gas chromatograph GS software
- Apple iWork Numbers
- ChemSW Buffer Maker
- Accelrys Cerius2
- CrystalMaker
- Microsoft Word
- ChemSW Chemical Inventory System CIS
- Q-Chem
- Molsearch Pro
- SciQuest PE TurboChrom
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Internet browser software