FT-IR in the General and Organic Chemistry Laboratories

这个项目的核心是将现代红外光谱学引入化学课程，从普通化学实验室开始，一直到有机实验室。普通化学专业的学生在实验室的第一学期和第二学期都使用傅立叶变换红外光谱学，以小组为基础的开放式研究项目。随着学生化学知识的增加，他们观察的复杂性和光谱的使用将会进步。即使是那些没有继续学习任何化学课程的学生(大多数)，在两个学期的化学结束时，也会有相当广泛的接触现代仪器的机会。FT-IR也在有机实验室新开发的课程中使用，该课程扩展了普通化学实验室的发展。

This project centers on the introduction of modern infrared spectroscopy into the chemistry curriculum, beginning in the general chemistry laboratory and proceeding to the organic laboratory. General chemistry students are using FT-IR spectroscopy in both the first and second semesters of the laboratory, in the context of group-based open-ended research projects. The sophistication of their observations and uses of the spectra will progress as students increase their chemical knowledge. Even those students who do not go on to take any more chemistry (the majority) will have had quite extensive exposure to modern instrumentation by the end of two semesters of chemistry. FT-IR is also being used in the organic laboratories in a newly developed curriculum that extends the developments made in the general chemistry labs.