This is a pdf version of an official EPA method for the analysis of cyanide. It discusses a variety of quality control procedures a wide range of controls that must be used […]
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US Environmental Protection Agency site that explains GC for those interested in environmental analysis. Assumes some user background in the field. Includes a partial list of EPA Field Methods that utilize GC […]
This online article describes an inquiry-based experience designed to integrate concepts in water quality and geology for pre-education science students preparing to become teachers at the primary and secondary level. The field […]
This National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) site containing atomic spectroscopic reference data. Information can be accessed through a variety of means, such as an interactive periodic table and dropdown lists […]
This site offers Java-based applets as organized in 4 categories: analytical and general chemistry, instrumental chemical analysis, instrumentation/signal processing, data analysis/chemometrics. Each applet includes a short introduction followed by a user controlled […]
This is an animated gif that illustrates how scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) works. As such it is valuable to students and faculty interested in learning about this important surface analysis technique. The […]
A complete NMR laboratory exercise from a set of fifteen (15) experiments in various topic areas developed for a physical chemistry laboratory at New Mexico State University. Excellent introductory material is provided, […]
Kinetic Capillary Electrophoresis is a family of methods for studying binding of biopolymers, measuring rate constants, binding constants, and in some cases providing mechanistic details. This Online Article is a presentation by […]
Applications and tutorials related to supercritical fluid chromatography and temperature programming in liquid chromatography (PDF). Application area is mainly petrochemicals.The website is available here .
This EPA site provides a brief overview of EPA remediation methods and projects. The links “Remediation” and “Characterization and Monitoring” have sub-links that provide analytically relevant materials. Many applications and case-specific studies […]
This is an experiment showing the application of affinity chromatography to the separation of albumin from horse serum. A brief introduction of affinity chromatography and how it is being used in this […]
The website presents a case study involving the detection of cocaine on dollar bills. The case study uses GC-MS, but has an introduction appropriate for beginning chemistry students.The website is available here […]