Instrumentation for Improving Undergraduate Instruction in Gas Chromatography

气相色谱法与现代分离技术的概念、实践和专业应用相结合，贯穿整个课程。随着通用级和研究级气相色谱仪器的引入，课程中实验室部分的显著改进。为了向普通化学学生介绍色谱的概念，我们购买了三台通用气相色谱仪器。它们被用作有机化学实验室样品分析的一个组成部分，并作为分析化学实验室的定量分析工具。我们购买了一台研究级毛细管气相色谱分析仪，配有色谱工作站和吹扫陷阱分析仪，用于高级分析和有机、物理、无机和个人研究课程。高效的气相色谱分离，计算机收集和操作数据，以及利用吹扫和捕集技术研究各种样品的能力，为化学专业提供了新的相关实验室经验，并提高了学生的研究能力。受资助者正在匹配非联邦来源的奖励。

Gas Chromatography is being integrated across the curriculum with the concepts, practice and specialized uses of modern separations technology being employed. Significant improvement in the laboratory component of the curriculum is resulting with the introduction of both general purpose and research grade GC instruments. Three general purpose GC instruments have been purchased in order to introduce chromatography concepts to General Chemistry students. They are being used as an integral part of sample analysis in the Organic Chemistry laboratory and as a quantitative analysis tool for the Analytical Chemistry laboratory. A research grade capillary GC coupled with a chromatography workstation and a purge and trap analyzer has been purchased for use in the Advanced Analytical and Organic, Physical, Inorganic, and Individual Research courses. Efficient GC separations, computer collection and manipulation of data, and the ability to study a wide variety of samples utilizing purge and trap techniques is allowing new, relevant laboratory experiences to be offered to chemistry majors, and is enhancing student research capabilities. The grantee is matching the award from non-Federal sources.