Incorporation of Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry into Undergraduate Instruction

正在购置一台四极质谱仪和有关的计算机硬件和软件，用于仪器控制和数据分析。该仪器与现有的填充柱气相色谱仪连接，提供气相色谱/质谱分析和交互式数据采集分析功能，这在该部门以前是不存在的。学生（包括专业学生和非专业学生）在完成有机化学、仪器分析和物理化学课程的实验作业时都使用该仪器。该设备也被学生广泛用于所需的高级研究项目。虽然该计划之前已经将化学分支学科整合到单个课程的实验室计划中，特别是仪器分析，但这是第一次完成垂直整合。围绕现代GC/MS的逐步具有挑战性和指导性的实践练习是该计划的基石。受资助者正在匹配非联邦来源的奖励。

A quadropole mass spectrometer and associated computer hardware and software for instrument control and data analysis is being acquired. The instrumentation is being interfaced to an existing/packed column gas chromatograph, giving gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and interactive data acquisition analysis capabilities which were previously nonexistent in the department. Students (both majors and non-majors) are using the apparatus in fulfilling laboratory assignments in Organic Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis, and Physical Chemistry courses. The equipment is also being used extensively by students in the required senior research program. While the program had previously integrated the chemistry subdisciplines within the laboratory program attached to individual courses, especially Instrumental Analysis, this is the first the vertical integration has been accomplished. The progressively challenging and instructive hands-on exercises centered around the modern GC/MS is the cornerstone of the program. The grantee is matching the award from non-Federal sources.