ABSTRACT
Within automobile management in a plant environment, traditional thinking led to the belief that a chemist’s role was strictly within the laboratory in an analytical capacity or as support for some chemical system such as coolant (soluble oil), paint, or lubrication systems. In addition to this were the roles as analyst for a failed component and inspector in quality control for incoming raw materials. In this chapter, we will discuss these roles and briefly focus on some of the necessary theory and technology in fulfilling them. We will again see how the imperatives mentioned in Chapter 1 come into play within the auto industry and in the chemist’s role, specifically.
