An FT-NMR Spectrometer for Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction

该项目通过使用学生级傅里叶变换核磁共振光谱仪获取质子和碳-13光谱，提高本科教学质量。 200 MHz仪器以合理的成本提供出色的灵敏度和分辨率。 它被用于整个化学课程的实验室课程，包括有机，无机，分析，物理和生物化学课程以及本科研究项目。 学生在制备样品，获得光谱，确定结构，测量耦合常数和弛豫时间，以及使用仪器进行其他化学分析方面有实践经验。 因此，学生获得的能力和NMR的局限性解决广泛的化学问题的透彻的知识。 这种经验更好地准备他们作为专业化学家和问题解决者，无论他们毕业后立即进入劳动力市场还是继续在研究生院接受正规教育。 *

This project is enhancing the quality of undergraduate instruction through the use of a student-grade Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance (FT-NMR) spectrometer for the acquisition of proton and carbon-13 spectra. The 200 MHZ instrument provides excellent sensitivity and resolution at a reasonable cost. It is being used in laboratory courses throughout the chemistry curriculum including organic, inorganic, analytical, physical, and biochemical courses as well as in undergraduate research projects. Students have hands-on experience in preparing samples, obtaining spectra, determining structure, measuring coupling constants and relaxation times, and using the instrument for other chemical analyses. Thus students gain a thorough knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of NMR for solving a broad range of chemical problems. This experience better prepares them as professional chemists and problem solvers, whether they enter the workforce immediately upon graduation or continue their formal education in graduate school. *