Improving Chemistry Instruction with Fourier Transform IR Spectroscopy

购买FT-IR光谱仪， 学生获得实践经验与一个最 用于阐明结构和键合的重要工具 在分子中。 将FT-IR纳入化学分析 系的有机实验室，并纳入其综合 实验室序列，服务于所有初级和高级专业。 教授们目前能够加强有机实验 并添加更多的现代和更丰富的 有机课程实验与综合实验 顺序 该仪器也对学生产生了重大影响 research. 选择的IR操作和维护简单， 提供了足够的复杂性， 本科申请。 该机构正在匹配NSF 给予同等数额的资金。

Acquisition of a FT-IR spectrometer enables chemistry students to gain hands-on experience with one of the most important tools used in the elucidation of structure and bonding in molecules. FT-IR is incorporated into the Chemistry Department's organic laboratory and into its integrated laboratory sequence which serves all junior and senior majors. Professors are able to enhance organic experiments currently being performed and add more modern and instructionally richer experiments to the organic course and to the integrated lab sequence. The instrument also has a major impact on student research. The IR chosen is simple to operate and maintain, yet provides sufficient sophistication for a wide range of undergraduate applications. The institution is matching the NSF grant with an equal amount of funds.