A Project in Method Development for the Instrumental Analysis Chemistry Laboratory

仪器分析实验课程 当代化学课程面临着 仪器功能细节的教学与 化学分析的全过程。 分析化学作为 在工业和其他地方的实践需要了解 整个过程。 本项目满足了 将分析方法开发项目纳入 实验室 学生选择一种无机（矿物质）， 加工食品的有机（即维生素）成分， 作为婴儿配方奶粉或强化谷物进行分析。 他们 化学文献中的研究分析方法练习 在选择方法的关键评价，并发展独立的 在分析的同时进行思考。 高性能 通过该项目获得的液相色谱仪对于 许多有机分析的成功， 在演习中相遇。 该机构为该项目提供了相当于 NSF基金

The laboratory course in instrumental analysis in the contemporary chemistry curriculum suffers from a tension between the teaching of the functional details of instruments versus the overall process of chemical analysis. Analytical chemistry as practiced in industry and elsewhere requires an understanding of the overall process. This project addresses that need by the incorporation of an analytical method development project into the laboratory. Students choose one inorganic (mineral) and organic (i.e. vitamin) component of a processed food product such as infant milk formula or fortified cereal to analyze. They research analytical methods in the chemical literature, exercise critical evaluation in choosing methods, and develop independent thinking as the analyses are carried out. The High Performance Liquid Chromatograph acquired through this project is crucial to the success of many of the organic analyses that students encounter in the exercises. The institution contributed to the project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.