Explores questions, dilemmas, and issues facing individuals who teach and/or development undergraduate curricula in chemical instrumentation. Areas addressed include the instrumental analysis course, the laboratory, the role of electronics, and computer use. (JN)

Describes an experiment for recording two individual spectrophotometer response curves. The two curves are directly related to the power of transmitted beams that pass through a solvent and solution. An absorption spectrum of the solution can be constructed from the calculated rations of the curves as a function of wavelength. (JN)

Highlights an American Chemical Society (ACS) survey of 103 chemistry departments on their instrumentation needs. The 2-year study affirms that instruments used for chemical research and education are becoming outdated because of their age and changes in technology. The survey also reveals how departments plan to use newly acquired instruments.…

Discussed are various types of electronic laboratory balances. (RH)

Described are available electronic laboratory balances. Information was supplied by the manufacturers or importers. (RH)

A variety of materials are described including spectrophotometers, chromatographs, voltmeters, recorders, and simple laboratory equipment. (RH)

Describes and evaluates a line of modular electronic instruments that are designed for use in physics instruction, including a power supply, function generator, and counter/timer. (MLH)

Describes a unified experiment in which an optically transparent thin layer electrode is used to illustrate the techniques of thin layer electrochemistry, cyclic voltammetry, controlled potential coulometry, and spectroelectrochemistry. (MLH)

This study designed the Environmental Chemistry Value Preference (ECVP) instrument to assess the value preferences of college non-science majors with respect to certain aspects of environmental chemistry and used the instrument to obtain the value preferences of various groups of non-science majors who had completed some chemistry courses. (BT)