Upgrading the Chemistry Curriculum with FT Infrared Spectrometry

傅立叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱的样品和数据处理的简便性、灵敏度和使用速度将改善普通、分析、有机化学、仪器和物理化学实验室。漫反射和衰减的全内反射附件将允许学生分析薄膜、粉末、浆料、凝胶和蛋白质水溶液。分析如此广泛的材料的能力将使FTIR成为新的环境计划和高级研究项目的主要仪器。这些改进将影响到越来越多的理科专业学生，他们正在接受中等教育和环境领域的职业培训，以及相当数量的非理科专业学生，他们是环境科学的未成年人，将进入商业、法律和教师职业。

The ease of sample and data handling, the sensitivity, and the speed of use of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry will improve the general, analytical, organic, instrumental, and physical chemistry laboratories. The diffuse reflectance and attenuated total internal reflectance accessories will allow the students to analyze films, powders, pastes, gels, and aqueous protein solutions. The capability of analyzing this wide range of materials will make FTIR a workhorse instrument for a new environmental program and for Senior research projects. These improvements will affect an increasing number of science majors who are training for careers in secondary education and in the environmental fields, and a significant number of non-science majors who are environmental science minors and who are going into business, law, and teaching professions.