Presents a simple method of analysis in which the student can integrate, point by point, any interferogram to obtain its Fourier transform. The manual technique requires no special equipment and is based on relationships that most undergraduate physics students can derive from the Fourier integral equations. (Author/MLH)

Described is a laboratory exercise that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to monitor enantiomeric excess in asymmetric reductions. The laboratory exercise has been used successfully with undergraduate organic chemistry students. (RH)

Describes an undergraduate chemistry experiment in which an atomic absorption spectrophotometer is used for recording flame emission spectra of the diatomic carbon molecule. (MLH)

Describes an experiment for the measurement of the reflectances of dielectric surface. The experiment is analyzed in terms of the Stokes parameters and the Mueller calculus, and Malus law is derived. The experiment also provides an introduction to the properties of real linear polarizers. (Author/GA)

Describes an undergraduate spectroscopy laboratory experiment involving the absorption spectrum of benzene. (SL)

Describes an undergraduate experiment using nmr spectroscopy to study rapid exchange reactions in solutions in which reaction rates are varied by adjusting reagent concentrations. (SL)

Describes a physical chemistry experiment involving the analysis of the spectrum of benzene vapor in which the resolution in terms of wave length is a limiting factor. (CS)

Describes experiments designed to: (1) familiarize students with inert atmosphere techniques; (2) teach monitoring reactions with thin-layer chromatography and infrared spectroscopy, isolation, and purification by crystallization and column chromatography; (3) estimate product purity spectroscopically; and (4) characterize reaction products by…