Micro-Computer Interfacing in the General Chemistry Laboratory

该项目将通过使用微型计算机实验室(MBL)，为普通化学专业的学生、理科和非理科专业的学生创建现代化的仪器实验室。在该系统中，具有实验室接口的个人计算机增强了实验室仪器的实用性。MBL系统可用作pH计、电压表、安培计、光探测器、温度计、控制器或其他仪器，以及数据编译器和操纵器。计算机允许学生控制实验，收集数据，分析实验，并以一种普通化学实验室以前没有的方式做出报告。课程中的所有实验都将在MBL系统中进行。受赠人将匹配来自非联邦来源的NSF对该项目的贡献。

This project will create modern, instrumentation-based laboratories for general chemistry students, science and non- science majors alike, by using a Microcomputer-Based Laboratory (MBL). In this system, a personal computer with a laboratory interface enhances the utility of laboratory instrumentation. The MBL system can serve as a pH meter, voltmeter, ammeter, light detector, thermometer, controller, or other instrument, as well as a data compiler and manipulator. The computer allows students to control the experiment, collect data, analyze it, and make a report of it in a manner not previously available in the general chemistry laboratory. All experiments in the course will be conducted in the MBL system. The grantee will match from non-Federal sources the NSF contribution to this project.