Analytical Electrochemistry: Potentiometry
This courseware module is structured for either a lecture presentation or self-study tutorial on analytical potentiometry. The level of presentation spans upper high school to college students. Topics include historical background, theory/principles, instrumentation, pH electrodes, experimental examples, and troubleshooting tips.
Teaching Chemical Equilibrium Concepts Using Field-Lab Experiences
This online article describes an inquiry-based experience designed to integrate concepts in water quality and geology for pre-education science students preparing to become teachers at the primary and secondary level. The field and laboratory exercise could be used to effectively introduce equilibrium chemistry in an introductory or environmental chemistry course, and courses for non-majors.
GC Splitless Injection Animation
This site is one in a series of sites with very good animations related to separations. This animation deals specifically with splitless injection in GC. The animations are short (one to two minutes) and can easily be shown in class as part of a lecture. They are extremely helpful in illustrating key components and concepts of chromatographic systems. Users are encouraged to explore the site and the other brief animations as well. Separate links to other simulations by the same company (TRSL) ar
Chromatography Theory
James Hardy has produced a number of powerpoint type lecture modules for analytical chemistry. This is another very good module that covers the introductory theory of chromatography. Includes chromatography types, plate and kinetic theories. Level of presentation is at the introductory analytical chemistry level. It is a colorful and well planned presentation of the introduction to chromatography that could be used as the basis for lectures on chromatography at the introductory analytical chemis
Atomic Spectroscopy in a Project-Based Lab
An article published in the \"ABCs of Teaching Analytical Science\" series of the journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry describes a project-based lab in which students investigate the distribution of Pb and As (from pesticides) in a contaminated apple orchard. Students have complete control of the lab, from designing a sampling strategy to using the primary literature to develop procedures for extracting the analytes and for their subsequent analysis by ICP-AES or ICP-MS.
Laboratory Orientation and Testing of Body Fluids and Tissues for Forensic Analysts
This web site is part of the President\'s DNA Initiative and is devoted to an overview of historical and contemporary techniques to characterize body tissues. The first part of the course covers basic laboratory procedures, safety requirements for laboratory personnel and emphasizes quality control and quality assurance in the laboratory. The second section deals with serological techniques for characterizing specimens such as saliva, semen, blood and urine Identification and individual utilizin
Rice virtual lab in statistics
This site is devoted to statistical tests and demonstrations of their use and was created with the support of the National Science Foundation. One section is a complete reference guide - the online statistics textbook, with detailed descriptions of all things statistical. The second, and most fun section, is simulations/demonstrations section where nearly twenty statistical tests are demonstrated with interactive Applets. Each Applet has clear instructions for use with details on the test demons
BIM Presentations John Lorrimer
BIM Presentations John Lorrimer
Animated Webpage Explaining STM
This is an animated gif that illustrates how scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) works. As such it is valuable to students and faculty interested in learning about this important surface analysis technique.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Nanoindentation
The Nanoindentation Website, Hosted By Baker's Group At Cornell, provides an introduction with illustrations to nanoindentation, the underlying mechanism, and applications. The Website is well laid out and easy to navigate. A novel feature of this website is an electronic forum that allows registered users of the site to ask questions about the technique. The site is likely to be useful to students studying materials science, nanotechnology, and surface science.
Landmark Instruments of Chemistry
This website effectively uses animated movies combined with text explanations to describe the processes in FT-IR interferometry, TLC, GC and magnetic sector mass spec. It is effective in illustrating processes that are otherwise difficult to visualize. These materials are excellent visualization tools that can be incorporated into lectures readily.
Animations in an Instrumental Methods Chemistry Class?
This website provides an introduction to animations as a tool for teaching instrumental techniques in the instrumental analysis course - why one might wish to use animations, some information on how to go about developing them, and it provides a number of examples of animations for analytical instrumentation. One problem with the site is that some of the animations emphasize instrumentation that is not frequently used today. For example, the section on ICP shows an instrument with the classical
Steps in conducting a systematic review
This RLO outlines the five fundamental steps to conducting a systematic review of health care research so as identify, select and critically appraise relevant research.
Dynamical Systems
What is a dynamical system? When we talk about systems in the most general sense, we are talking about anything that takes in a certain number of inputs and produces a certain number of outputs based on those inputs.
2.10 The complex exponential function
Number systems and the rules for combining numbers can be daunting. This unit will help you to understand the detail of rational and real numbers, complex numbers and integers. You will also be introduced to modular arithmetic and the concept of a relation between elements of a set.
Human Herpesvirus-6 in Children Undergoing Cancer Chemotherapy - J. Goldfarb
Human Herpesvirus-6 in Children Undergoing Cancer Chemotherapy - J. Goldfarb
2.1 Some basic concepts
Energy resources are essential for any society, be it one dependent on subsistence farming or an industrialised country. There are many different sources of energy, some well-known such as coal or petroleum, others less so, such as tides or the heat inside the Earth. Is nuclear power a salvation or a nightmare? This unit provides background information to each resource, so that you can assess them for yourself.
Nuclear Reactor Allows Hands-On Learning For Students
Contact: Donald Wall, Director, WSU Nuclear Radiation Center, 509-335-8641, donald_wall@wsu.edu
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Future nuclear workers get hands-on training at the Nuclear Radiation Center at Washington State University.
Working with trained personnel, students from a variety of academic backgrounds are able to see first-hand what it is like to operate the university's 1.0 megawatt reactor. Nuclear Radiation Center Director Donald Wall said classes can eventually lead to students obtaining a
Dramatic Art Piece Blends Fiction with Reality
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010
Contact: Keith Wells, Curator, WSU Museum of Art, 509-335-6620, kwells@wsu.edu
PULLMAN, Wash. -- A new exhibit at the Washington State University Museum of Art imagines what would happen if the Dukes of Hazzard's 1969 Dodge Charger crashed into the "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski's Montana shack. Artist Chris Larson said the 2004 piece is to get people talking and to show that now is a good time to be an artist. The piece can be viewed now through April on the WSU campus.
Grizzly Bear Brought For Medical Exam At Washington State University
PULLMAN, Wash. - A 15-year-old grizzly bear from West Yellowstone, Montana, made an overnight journey to WSU Friday. "Stoke," at 575 pounds has recently become increasingly lame in his hindquarters. A team of WSU Wildlife and Veterinary Medicine faculty, students and staff used a blow gun to anesthetize the bear and run various tests, including blood work an MRI, and a spinal tap. It was determined late today, Stoke has a spinal cord lesion from an old injury and he is being treated with medicat
