Introduction This learning module introduces students to acid-base titrimetry at a level suitable for an introductory course in analytical chemistry. The module assumes students are comfortable with stoichiometric calculations, particularly as they […]
19. Simulations
Students explore titrations of weak acids and based using a titration simulator.
Students will learn to:
List and describe the factors/parameters that affect the shape of acid-base titration curves
Predict and explain why the change occurs when each of these factors/parameters is adjusted
Calculate the pH of solution and articulate its correlation to any point on the titration curve
Identify the different features on a diprotic acid titration curve
Introduction This on-line learning module introduces students to Beer’s law with particular attention to the relationships between absorbance, transmittance, and power, and to the fundamental, instrumental, and chemical limitations inherent in the […]
Introduction This learning module provides an interactive introduction to chromatography with an emphasis on understanding basic chromatographic terms and measurements, and on understanding the factors that affect the quality of a separation. […]
Students will learn to:
Predict and explain the elution order of analytes.
Explain the effects of temperature programs and flow rate on resolution at the macroscopic and molecular level.
Explain the effects of flow rate.
Select separation conditions for a given set of molecules.
Students will learn to:
Predict elution order of compounds
Calculate retention factor and selectivity factor
Explain the effect of mobile phase composition on resolution and peak shape at a molecular level
Use elution gradients to improve separation of compounds in a mixture
Explain the effect of flow rate on separation at a molecular level
Introduction This Shiny app simulates cyclic voltammetry experiments using the computational method outlined in Gosser, D. K. Cyclic Voltammetry Simulation and Analysis of Reaction Mechanisms, VCH, New York, 1993 and in Brown, J. […]
Students use computer simulations to explore analog to digital conversion in this activity.
Students use computer simulations to explore the Nyquist frequency.
Students will learn to:
Differentiate between signals and noise in electronic measurements
Describe the behavior of signals and noise in repeated measurements
Describe signal-to-noise ratio and its impact on the ability to detect signals