The teaching of chemical instrumentation

Ewing, Galen W.; Swaay, Maarten van

doi:10.1021/ac00280a001

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“…Which topics should be covered in lecture and which techniques should be used in the instrumental laboratory? This question has been asked before (1)(2)(3) and others have surveyed the instruments used in instrumental analysis laboratory courses (4,5). Harris and O'Brien polled instructors of these courses at schools graduating the most undergraduate chemistry graduates about their practices in both the lecture and the laboratory (6,7 ).…”

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Instrumental Analysis Lecture and Laboratory: A Survey

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Girard

2000

J. Chem. Educ.

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Which topics should be covered in instrumental analysis lecture and which instrumental techniques should be used in the instrumental laboratory? We surveyed a randomly chosen group of analytical chemistry faculty using a survey that had been used before. We compare our 1998 responses to those obtained in 1981 to observe long-term trends in the teaching of instrumental analysis and instrumental analysis laboratory.Our survey shows that the instrumental laboratory has changed more than the instrumental lecture. Four experiments that were often used in 1981, infrared, NMR, electrochemical methods, and gas chromatography, have declined in usage. Six experiments are increasing in usage: molecular fluorescence, atomic absorption spectroscopy, GC-MS, cyclic voltammetry, HPLC, and elementary electronics. It appears that there is a consensus about which experimental techniques the instrumental course should offer to undergraduates.

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Instrumental Analysis Lecture and Laboratory: A Survey

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Girard

2000

J. Chem. Educ.

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“…This latter emphasis gives the Instrumental Analysis laboratory a much-needed teaching structure. When analytical "methods development" is the central lab guideline, there is no longer the quandary as to whether to teach the instrument ("using toys") or teach the method ("button pushing") (26). Instead, a mature blend of methodology and detailed instrumentation is explored with an eye to its eventual adoption as an experiment by people ("customers") who themselves will be at the same level as the developers were one year before.…”

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