A portable, low-cost, LED fluorimeter for middle school, high school, and undergraduate chemistry labs

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1182-1187

  Wigton, Benjamin T ^a   Chohan, Balwant S ^a   McDonald, Cole ^b   Johnson, Matt ^b   Schunk, Doug ^b   Kreuter, Rod ^b   Sykes, Dan ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical chemistry; Applications of chemistry; First year undergraduate general; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Hands on learning manipulatives; High school introductory chemistry; Laboratory equipment apparatus; Laboratory instruction; Quantitative analysis; Upper division undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960218312     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed200090r     Document Type: Article

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