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Patel, Parth H.; Conrad, Kristofer L.; Pathiranage, Anuradha L.; Hiatt, Leslie A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Given student familiarity with electronic cigarettes (e-cigs), this lab uses a student-built smoke collection apparatus to collect e-cig vapors to teach students about gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Students in a second semester, introductory organic chemistry course spent 1 week collecting e-cig vapors and 1 week qualitatively…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Smoking, Electronic Equipment, Science Experiments
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Anzovino, Mary E.; Greenberg, Andrew E.; Moore, John W. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
A laboratory experiment is described in which students synthesize a variety of cationic gemini surfactants and analyze their efficacy as fabric softeners. Students perform a simple organic synthesis reaction and two analytical tests (one qualitative and one quantitative), and use the class data to assess the synthesized products. The experiment…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments