An HPLC for Improved Instruction in Chemistry

通过购买高压液相色谱仪用于五门实验课程，为学生提供的科学培训的质量正在得到提高。这使得该系能够将高效液相色谱法的原理和实践作为学生科学培训的一部分，高效液相色谱法是化学家所遇到的分离和定量各种复杂混合物的最通用的方法。将高效液相色谱法引入化学系的实验课程，使学生能够处理更广泛的混合物，特别是那些含有非挥发性固体或热敏化合物的混合物，而不是以前使用部门仪器所能做到的。例如，学生们正在做的实验涉及分离和定量混合物中的蛋白质或确定细胞膜的脂质组成。将这些新实验纳入本系的实验计划具有重要意义，因为它提高了理科生研究化学系统和解决化学问题的能力。受资助者正在匹配非联邦来源的奖励。

The quality of scientific training offered to students is being improved with the purchase of a high pressure liquid chromatography instrument for use in five laboratory courses. This is allowing the department to include as a part of the students' scientific training the principles and practice of HPLC - the most versatile method for separating and quantitating the variety of complex mixtures which chemists encounter. Introduction of the HPLC into the Chemistry Department's laboratory curriculum is enabling students to work with a wider range of mixtures - especially those containing non-volatile solids or thermally sensitive compounds - than was previously possible with the departmental instrumentation. For instance, the students are doing experiments involving the separation and quantitation of proteins in a mixture or determining the lipid composition of a cellular membrane. Including these new experiments in the laboratory program of the department is significant because it is enhancing the ability of the science students to investigate chemical systems and solve chemical problems. The grantee is matching the award from non-Federal sources.