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Chemical Equilibrium

00. Complete Active Learning Units with Supporting Text, a. Acid-base titrations, a. General equilibrium concepts, b. Acid-base equilibria, c. Complexation equilibria, d. Solubility equilibria, In Class Activities, Textual Material

A series of collaborative learning activities and accompanying text that develop chemical equilibrium, including acid-base chemistry, formation of water-soluble complexes, and solubility are provided. These activities are intended to be done in class by students working in groups, but can be modified for use as out-of-class exercises. Learning objectives, an instructor’s manual, and out-of-class problems are…

Quantitative NMR

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Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (Q-NMR) measurements are especially useful for analysis of complex samples where high specificity is needed or when a pure standard of the analyte is not available. Often the sample can be analyzed with a minimum of preparation. Q-NMR has utility in various areas including: Purity analysis Food and wine quality analysis Impurity…

Separation Science

00. Complete Active Learning Units with Supporting Text, a. Basic chromatographic concepts, a. General Coverage of GC, a. General Coverage of HPLC, a. Ion Chromatography, b. GC Retention Order, b. HPLC Retention Order, b. Liquid-liquid extraction, b. Steric Exclusion chromatography, c. Peak broadening, d. Capillary electrophoresis, d. Fundamental resolution equation, In Class Activities, Textual Material

A series of collaborative learning activities and accompanying text that develop the field of separation science, with a particular emphasis on chromatographic separations, is provided. These activities are intended to be done in class by students working in groups, but can be modified for use as out-of-class exercises. Learning objectives, an instructor’s manual, and out-of-class problems…

Environmental Analysis – Lake Nakuru Flamingos: Pesticides

04. Standardizing Analytical Methods, 22. Contextual Modules, a. Basic Concepts in Mass Spectrometry, a. Designing a sampling plan, a. General Coverage of GC, b. GC Retention Order, Contextual Modules, e. GC Method Development

Could toxic pesticides like DDT be responsible for the deaths of large numbers of lesser flamingos at Lake Nakuru, Kenya? While many organochlorine pesticides including DDT have been banned for decades in the US due to their adverse effects on bird populations, especially bald eagles, they are still used for mosquito control in tropical regions of…

ASDL ACTIVE LEARNING CURRICULAR MATERIALS

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The materials presented on this website are the product of a collaborative NSF Phase I CCLI award to Thomas Wenzel, Bates College (DUE 0816649), and Cynthia Larive, University of California Riverside (DUE-0817595). The goal of this project was to develop active learning resources to support instruction in analytical chemistry courses. These materials were developed through the…