Equipment for a Forensic Science Course for Nonscience Majors

通过该项目购买的设备是用于一个实验室 与为以下学生设计的课程相关的程序 而不是主修自然科学 该课程，“化学和 犯罪：从福尔摩斯到现代法医学”，是一个 一个学期的课程，旨在教授的基础知识， 从原子吸收光谱到油漆 红外光谱分析和药物分析， 电泳和DNA分析。 这些资金用于购买六项实验的设备。 (1)气相色谱法用于测定 血液中的酒精浓度，以确定身份 纵火案中使用的助燃剂， 药物的混合物。 (2)高压液相色谱法 用于分离和鉴定可疑样品中的药物。 (3)高压分离样品中的药物 液相色谱法通过红外线鉴别 谱 (4)用于嫌疑人身份鉴定的DNA图谱 通过使用限制酶和电泳获得 设备和电源。 (5)可见光谱仪是 用于确定血液和呼吸水平， 酒精 这些实验补充了一系列 以前在有限的基础上进行的实验， 非凡的成功 购置的各种设备， 法医科学实验室也用于有机和 生物化学实验室 一个“犯罪实验室”， 上述实验可以进行创造了一个环境， 激发传统非理科专业学生的学习兴趣。 它 使化学研究变得更加有趣， 更有挑战性，更有回报。 该机构为该项目提供了相当于 NSF基金

The equipment purchased through this project was for a laboratory program associated with a course designed for students who are not majoring in the natural sciences. The course, "Chemistry and Crime: From Sherlock Holmes to Modern Forensic Science", is a one semester course designed to teach the fundamentals of forensic science ranging from atomic absorption spectra and paint analysis to infrared spectroscopy and drug analysis to electrophoresis and DNA analysis. The funds were used to purchase equipment for six experiments. (1) Gas chromatography is being used to determine the concentration of alcohol in blood, to determine the identity of accelerants used in arson and to characterize a sample containing a mixture of drugs. (2) High pressure liquid chromatography is being used to separate and identify drugs in suspect samples. (3) The drugs present in samples separated by high pressure liquid chromatography are being identified by infrared spectroscopy. (4) DNA profiles for suspect identification are being obtained by using restriction enzymes and electrophoresis equipment and power supplies. (5) Visible spectrometers are being employed for determining the blood and breath levels of alcohol. These experiment have supplemented a series of experiments previously in place, on a limited basis, with phenomenal success. The various pieces of equipment acquired for the forensic science laboratory are also used in the organic and biochemistry laboratories. A "crime lab" equipped so that the above experiments can be conducted has created an environment to stimulate the interest of the traditional nonscience majors. It has made the study of chemistry more interesting, more challenging and more rewarding. The institution contributed to this project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.