THE FATE OF THE FREE WORLD RESTS UPON THEIR IDENTIFICATION
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ARMED WITH A MASS AND INFRARED SPECTROMETER, THE GOVERNMENT
DESPERATELY TRIES TO IDENTIFY THE 4 SUBSTANCES. TIME IS RUNNING
OUT
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IN A LAST DITCH ATTEMPT THEY CALL IN THEIR ANALYTICAL EXPERT
RELATIVELY ATOMIC MATT
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INITIALLY HE IDENTIFIES THE COMPOUNDS DISPLAYED FORMULAE, USING
THEIR SYSTEMATIC NAMES TO IDENTIFY THEIR FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
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HIS FIRST ANALYSIS PROPAN-1-OL: 1-OL SUFFIX IS INDICATIVE OF A
HYDROXYL FUNCTIONAL GROUP ATTACHED TO CARBON 1, PRESENT IN PRIMARY
ALCOHOLS. PROPANONE: -ONE SUFFIX INDICATES COMPOUND IS A KETONE,
HAVING A C=O BOND TO A SECONDARY OR TERTIARY CARBON ATOM. PROPANAL:
NAME SUGGESTS THREE CARBON ALDEHYDE,THEREFORE C=O BOND ON A PRIMARY
CARBON ATOM. PROPANOIC ACID: -ANOIC ACID SUFFIX INDICATES COOH
FUNCTIONAL GROUP, PRESENT IN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS.
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PROPAN-1-OL PROPANONE PROPANAL PROPANOIC ACID -OH GROUP ON
CARBON 1 C=O BOND ON SECONDARY CARBON C=O BOND ON PRIMARY CARBON OH
GROUP ON SAME CARBON (COOH GROUP) ALCOHOL KETONE ALDEHYDE
CARBOXYLIC ACID
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NOW THAT THE COMPOUNDS STRUCTURES ARE KNOWN, RAM CAN MATCH THE
INFRARED SPECTRA TO THE SAMPLE MOLECULES. HE FIRST REQUIRES AN OCR
DATASHEET
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IR SPECTRA RESULTS PROPAN-1-OL PROPANONE PROPANAL PROPANOIC
ACID
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FINALLY RAM MUST CONDUCT A MASS SPECTROMETRY TEST. IN THIS TEST
THE SAMPLES ARE BOMBARDED WITH AN ELECTRON GUN THEN SMASHED INTO AN
ION DETECTOR
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THANKS TO THE FAST IDENTIFICATION OF THE 4 SUBSTANCES BY
RELATIVELY ATOMIC MATT, THE FREE WORLD REMAINS FREE UNTIL NEXT
TIME
