Incorporating Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry into a Project-Based Laboratory

Information

• NSF Award
• 9051350

Owner

• Hampden-Sydney College

• Award Id

  9051350

• Award Effective Date

  4/15/1990 - 34 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/1992 - 32 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 8,260.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This project has allowed the institution to acquire a Varian 3400 Gas Chromatograph to enable the sophomore level Organic- Analytical Laboratory to incorporate a strong GC/mass spectroscopy segment into the laboratory. The instrument is used with the department's Varian 3300/Finnigan MAT system. Students are first instructed on these instruments in the fall term in order to characterize unknown components separated from mixtures. Students make extensive use of the instrument with the GC/MS in the second term to characterize and analyze products in multistep syntheses. The need for the instrumentation was heightened by an increase in enrollment in chemistry, and the physical impracticality caused by both time constraints and caution in having every student search for suitable chromatographic conditions on equipment which was in hand. The institution has contributed to the project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.

• Program Officer

  Bonnee Groover

• Min Amd Letter Date

  4/11/1990 - 34 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  4/11/1990 - 34 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Hampden-Sydney College

• City

  Hampden-Sydney

• State

  VA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  Box 637

• Postal Code

  239430000

• Phone Number

  4342236144

• First Name

  C.

• Last Name

  Anderson

• Email Address

  wanderson@hsc.edu

• Start Date

  4/15/1990 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99

• Name

  Chemistry

• Code

  12

• Text

  UNDERGRAD INSTRM & LAB IMPROVE

• Code

  7400

• Text

  INSTRUMENTATION & LAB IMPROVE.

• Code

  9267