Detective Noir: Midnight Chronicles

1. Specialist in molecular transformations and reaction pathways
4. A substance defined by its composition
8. Transition metal essential in wiring and coinage, often forming blue or green compounds in aqueous solutions
10. The act through which hypotheses face their reckoning
11. Step one in the scientific method: to see without bias
15. Process separating solids from liquids—gravity’s quiet sieve
17. The first rule of every laboratory, written before all others
19. A trial that decides truth, from hypotheses to reagents
22. Solid particles formed by insolubility within a reaction flask
24. The event that turns an unknown into a known law of nature

2. Homogeneous blend where solute submits to solvent
3. An item used commonly both in a lab and in a crime scene investigation
5. What an investigator seeks in both a mystery and a chemist seeks in an experiment
6. The burner that brightens every bench in analytical routines
7. A place where reactions meet observation under controlled conditions
8. Bond where electrons are shared, not surrendered
9. What remains once data are interpreted and doubt eliminated
12. Cylindrical vessel preferred when precision yields to practicality
13. Separation technique exploiting differences in volatility
14. Combination retaining the individuality of its parts
16. Small storage site, whether in lab coats or protein structures.
18. Associated with ancient wealth, this element’s Latin name is the origin of its chemical symbol
20. Instrument used to transfer precise volumes of liquid in analytical procedures
21. What data becomes once it withstands scrutiny
23. The indivisible concept demystified by quantum mechanics