Ion Chromatography - A Bridge Between Chemistry and Geology

鼓励学生在专业以外的领域选择课程工作，以获得广泛的、以人文学科为基础的教育。通过使用普通实验室设备的化学分析、环境研究和地球化学课程，促进了地质学和化学之间的合作。该项目在现有设备上增加了一台离子色谱仪。该设备用于在化学课程中教授离子分离、测定和高压液相色谱原理，在高级地质学课程中产生分析数据，并用于学生在这两个领域的研究。受赠人为该项目提供的资金与NSF奖相当。

Students are encouraged to select course work in areas outside of their major studies to obtain a broad, liberal studies based education. Cooperation between geology and chemistry is promoted by courses involving chemical analysis, environmental studies, and geochemistry using common laboratory equipment. This project adds an ion chromatograph to equipment that is already in place. This equipment is used to teach the principles of ion separations, determinations, and high pressure liquid chromatography in chemistry courses, to generate analytical data in upper level geology courses, and for student research in both fields. The grantee provides funds for this project that are an equal match for the NSF award.