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Department of Chemistry

 Department of Biological Sciences Outreach

College of Science    Outreach

Indiana Alliance of Chemistry Teachers

 

Bill Bayley
Chemistry Outreach Coordinator
Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry
Room 221A
560 Oval Dr.,
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084
 

Labs

 

Chromatography

• Separation of FD&C Food Colors in M&M Candies

• Demystification of Liquid Chromatography: Grape Drink Chromatography

• Analysis of Mouthwash

• Identification of Alcohols in a Mixture

Gas Chromatography

• Demystification Activity for the Gas Chromatograph

• Gas Chromatograph Instructions

• Determining the Percent Composition of a Mixture of Volatile
  Liquids Using a Gas Chromatograph

• Determining the Identity of Alcohols Using a Gas Chromatograph

• Determining the Composition of Gasoline's Using a Gas
  Chromatograph

High Performance Liquid Chromatography

• Demystification of Liquid Chromatography: Chromatography of
  Grape Drink

• HPLC Instructions for Operation

• Determining Caffeine Concentrations in Soft Drinks

• What is in Your Pain Reliever?

Visible Spectroscopy

• Demystification of Visible Spectrophotometers

• Introduction to Visible Light Spectroscopy

• Visible Spectrophotometers: Instructions and Reminders for the
  Spectronic 20 and 20D, Flinn Spectrophotometers, and Milton
  Roy Educator

• Genosys Spectrophotometer Directions

• Spectrophotometry of Co+

• Determination of the Copper Content in a Copper Clad Penny

• Determination of the Copper Content in a Copper Clad Penny 2

• Spectrophotometric Analysis of Aspirin

• Kinetic Study of the Reaction of KI with FeCl3

• Analysis of Plant Pigments Using Paper Chromatography and
  UV/Visible Spectroscopy

• Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity

• Analysis of Iron in Foods

• Analysis of Kool-Aid

• Brass Analysis

• Absorbance of Food Coloring

• Spectrophotometric Determination of the Copper Content of Brass

Ultraviolet/Visible Spectroscopy

• UV/Vis Spectrophotometer Instructions (Beckman)

• UV/Vis Spectrophotometer Instructions (Genesys)

• UV and You: The Ultraviolet Transmittance of Sunglasses

• Quantification of Nucleic Acids Using the UV/Vis
  Spectrophotometer

• Analysis of Plant Pigment

• How fast is your pain reliever?

• Using the Red Tide UV/VIS

Infrared Spectroscopy

• Student Instructions

• Demystification of IR/FTIR

• Examples of FTIR Samples

• Mattson FTIR Instructions for the Classroom Teacher

• How Do You Tell One Wrapper From Another? The Infrared
  Spectra of Films

• IR Spectra of Liquids: A Neat Procedure

• Classification of Organic Compounds

• Identification of Chemical Bonds In Tape

• IR Spectroscopy of Esters

 Nuclear Spectroscopy

• ST-150 Introduction Power Point

• Radioactivity Old Scalars

• Radioactivity New Scalars

• Half-Life of a Radioactive Isotope

• Detecting Radioactivity of a Lantern Mantel

• Half-Life of Potassium-40

• Determination of the Thickness of Aluminum Foil Using a Radioactive Isotope

pH Meters

• pH Meter Instructions and Reminders (Accumet)

• pH Meter Instructions and Reminders (Beckman)

• pH Meter Instructions and Reminders (Fisher)

• Introduction to pH Using Household Items

• Acid Content of Juices

• Acid-Base Titration Using a pH Meter

• Quantitative Titration

• Analysis of Drain Cleaner

• Determining the Effectiveness of an Antacid Using a pH Meter
  (Chemistry I or Biology Version)

• Determining the Effectiveness of an Antacid Using a pH Meter
  (Chemistry II Version)

• The Effects of Acid Rain On Aquatic Environments

Electrochemistry

• Galvanic Cells

 Purdue Vet School Life Science Curricula

 

Electrophoresis

• Demystification of Gel Electrophoresis: How Does it Work?

• Extraction of DNA from Calf Thymus Cells

• The Effects of Plasmids of Genotype and Phenotype

Polymerase Chain Reaction

• Edvotek PCR Directions

Scanning Tunneling Microscope/Atomic Force Microscope

• AFM/STM Power Point

• Model of an Atomic Force Microscope

Hach Water Testing

• Water Testing 1

• Water Testing 2

Melting Point Apparatus

• Melting Point Determination

Miscellaneous

• Eggsperiment (Holiday use of indicators)

Vernier Probeware

• Melting Point Lab

• Application of the Gas Pressure/Volume Relationship To the Cartesian Diver

• Introduction to Titrations and Colorimeters

• How Does pH Paper Work

• Quantitative Titration using phenolphtahalein and pH probes

• Human Cardiovascular Physiology

• Respiratory System Physiology

• Intermolecular Attraction and Vaporization

• Friction

• Using Dissolved O₂ Probe to Show Solution Saturation

• Sweet Potato Osmosis

• Using the ORP Vernier Probe for Long Term Measurement of Water Quality in an Aquatic System

• Yeast Respiration and Substrate

• Kinetics of Thiosulfate in Acid

• The Relationship Between Illumination and Distance and Ultraviolet Emissions of Household Light Bulbs

• Studying Air Resistance of a Falling Object Using the Vernier Motion Sensor, Lab Pro Interface, and Logger Pro 3 Software

• Aerobic Cell Respiration With CO2 Probe

• pH Titration

• Labquest help

• Labquest Buoyancy

• Comparing Sunscreens using UVA and UVB probes

  Liquid Nitrogen Demonstration

  Horse

• Science of Skulls Activity

  Rodox Activity

  Sun Labs

• Effects of UV radiation on Bacteria

• Sunscreen Webquest

• Sun Diseases Power Point

• Using the Van de graaff (hints)

 

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