Created by Mark Jenson at Concordia College, this site, currently in the ASDL Collection, provides two useful resources for instructors and students of analytical chemistry. The first is a collection of LabVIEW virtual instruments (VIs) for demonstrating topics such as signal-to-noise ratios, boxcar and ensemble averaging, power spectra, digital filtering, analog-to-digital conversions, and the Nyquest frequency.…
This lab simulation provides students with the ability to simulate capillary electrophoresis separations and explore the fundamental properties which influence the separaions.
The End Creek Water Monitoring Project by Anna Cavinato, Eastern Oregon University
This is an adaptation of a previously published lab module on the ASDL website; Cavinato, A. G.; Antell, K. End Creek: Spotted Frogs and Aquatic Snails in Wetlands – A Water Quality Investigation. Analytical Sciences Digital Library 2018. http://community.asdlib.org/activelearningmaterials/end-creek-spotted-frogs-and-aquatic-snails-in-wetlands-a-water-quality-investigation/.)
The first file listed contains…
Hands-on learning in a remote laboratory environment.
This Journal of Chemical Education Article by Deon T. Miles and William G. Wells of the Department of Chemistry, Sewanee: The University of the South describes a homemade kit with at home, hands on laboratory experiments in spectroscopy and chromatography. The paper and supporting information describe both hands on…
The simulation of important concepts in HPLC is accomplished through the use of provided Excel macros. The exercise is written with explicit instructions that can be used as an at-home laboratory exercise or as supporting material for lectures on chromatograpic theory. Macros are included for isocratic, linear and step gradient, and non-ideal behaviors (Langmuir, adsorption at…
Low cost instrumentation for at Home or In Lab Experiments for Chemistry and Biology Laboratories
These are instructions and 3D print files to construct a visible photometer using low-cost electronics for a cost of approximately $10, which includes $6.50 for a multimeter. The documents below have been written so you can "cut and paste" the…
This analysis is designed to replicate the classic acid-base determination of an unknown titration, but using household chemicals as the standard, titrant, indicator, and unknown. Notably this analysis employs a digital scale and syringes in the place of pipettes and burettes, making this a unique gravimetric approach to acid base titrations.
This experiment was designed as an at-home lab experiment where students use a smartphone camera (or another digital camera) to obtain an external calibration and quantitate food dyes in consumer beverages or other foods. Several methods for at-home solution preparation are also presented. This experiment can be adapted for a range of educational levels, depending on…
Two tutorials on spreadsheets, equations, graphs and trendlines
This post contains two Microsoft Excel tutorials. The first one shows some basics of Excel spreadsheets, such as equations and formatting. The second one shows how to make an x-y scatter plot and trendline on Microsoft Excel. Sample data is also provided so students can apply what they…
An At Home or In Lab Experiment for Analytical Chemistry Laboratories
This experiment was designed to be utilized as an “at home” lab experiment where students use a commercial glucometer and test strips to design and perform an experiment to measure glucose (also known as dextrose) in sports drinks or other beverages, given some information about…