Liquid Chromatography in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum

该项目旨在提高德尔塔州立大学几门本科分析化学课程的学习质量，并显著增加化学本科生可获得的相关研究项目的数量。这些改进都是围绕着收购一台现代、高灵敏度的分析仪器--高效液相色谱仪(HPLC)而建立的。计算机控制仪器操作和数据分析的经验将使分析化学课程的学生在本地工业和研究生学习中表现更好。学生在教学实验室进行的新实验包括止痛片的分析，以及植物材料的叶绿素和胡萝卜素的分析。高效液相色谱法将补充和扩大几个本科生研究项目，包括那些对当地环境有意义的项目。具体的研究主题涉及酸雨的组成、土壤和水中农药的分析、除草剂在环境中的去向以及稀有无机物种的分离。

This project is designed to improve the quality of learning in several undergraduate analytical chemistry courses at Delta State University, and to increase significantly the number of relevant research projects available to undergraduate chemistry students. These improvements are built around the acquisition of a high performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC), a modern, highly sensitive analytical instrument. Experience with the computer-controlled instrument operation and data analysis will enable students in analytical chemistry courses to perform better in local industry and in graduate study. New experiments performed by students in the teaching laboratories include the analysis of analgesic tablets, and analysis of plant material for chlorophyll and carotene. HPLC will complement and expand several undergraduate research projects, including those of local environmental significance. Specific research topics are related to the composition of acid rain, analysis of soil and water for pesticides, the fate of herbicides in the environment, and the isolation of rare inorganic species.