Improving Chemistry Instruction with the Integrated Application of Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, and Infrared Spectrophotometry

该项目将通过提供现代化学分析技术的实践经验，显著加强太平洋路德大学本科学生的化学教育。获得一台计算机控制的气相色谱仪/质量选择检测器将使有机化学、分析化学、仪器分析和本科研究的学生能够使用气相色谱仪/质谱法的强大组合技术来分离和鉴定复杂混合物的成分。为这个项目购买的气相色谱仪也将与化学系最近购买的傅里叶变换红外分光光度计相连接。GC/MS和GC/FTIR功能的可用性将为同一样品提供气相色谱，质谱和红外数据，并将允许学生研究更复杂的化合物混合物和“现实世界”问题。

This project will enhance significantly the chemistry education of undergraduate students at Pacific Lutheran University by providing hands-on experience with analytical techniques used in modern chemistry. Acquisition of a computer-controlled gas chromatograph/mass selective detector will enable students in organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, instrumental analysis, and undergraduate research to use the powerful combination technique of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for separation and identification of components of complex mixtures. The gas chromatograph acquired for this project will also be interfaced with a Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer recently purchased by the Chemistry Department. The availability of GC/MS and GC/FTIR capability will provide gas chromatographic, mass spectral, and infrared data for the same sample, and will allow students to investigate more complex mixtures of compounds and "real world" problems.