Expanding Evaporation Rate Model Determination of Hand-Rub Sanitizers to the General Freshman and Engineering Chemistry Undergraduate Laboratory: Inquiry-Based Formulations, Viscosity Measurements, and Qualitative Biological Evaluations
Expanding Evaporation Rate Model Determination of Hand-Rub Sanitizers to the General Freshman and Engineering Chemistry Undergraduate Laboratory: Inquiry-Based Formulations, Viscosity Measurements, and Qualitative Biological Evaluations
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将洗手液的蒸发率模型测定扩展到普通新生和工程化学本科实验室:基于查询的配方、粘度测量和定性生物学评估
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2018
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K. Waynant
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Daniel Felton;J. Moberly;M. Ederer;P. Hartzell;K. Waynant
Additions to the popular evaporation rate determination laboratory of alcohol-based hand-rub sanitizers are described here. Significantly, inquiry-driven protocols for formulating hand-rub sanitizers, falling-ball viscometry, and sanitizer efficacy are included. Incorporation of familiar substances (“molecular relevance”) enables students to assimilate knowledge and connect to and recognize interrelated disciplines. To stimulate engagement and project ownership, students were given the opportunity to alter sanitizer formulations by varying the amount and molecular weight of the gelling agent. Viscosities were determined using a falling-ball viscometer to integrate physics and fluid dynamics concepts into these experiments. Lastly, to stress microbiological applications and determine the efficacy of their hand sanitizers, students tested the formulated hand sanitizers for qualitative efficacy using agar plating of skin secretions and comparing colonies formed from sanitized versus nonsanitized hands. Chemi...