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Soares, Cristina; Correia, Manuela; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Barroso, M. Fátima – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
This paper reports a laboratorial internship included in the Portuguese Science and Technology promotion program "Internships for Young People in Laboratories (Ciência Viva no Laboratório)", which provided high school students an opportunity to approach the reality of scientific and technological research in a higher education…
Descriptors: Food, Chemistry, Science Instruction, High School Students
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Bussie`re, Guillaume; Stoodley, Robin; Yajima, Kano; Bagai, Abhimanyu; Popowich, Aleksandra K.; Matthews, Nicholas E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
Although vacuum technology is essential to many aspects of modern physical and analytical chemistry, vacuum experiments are rarely the focus of undergraduate laboratories. We describe an experiment that introduces students to vacuum science and mass spectrometry. The students first assemble a vacuum system, including a mass spectrometer. While…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Hands on Science, Undergraduate Students, Laboratory Experiments
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Zdravkovich, Vera; Cunniff, Patricia A. – Science Teacher, 1991
Described is a program in which students learn about spectroscopy and instrumentation to solve a chemical forensic mystery. Infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, refractometry, and chromatographic techniques were used. An example of a mystery case is included. (KR)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemistry, Chromatography, Data Analysis