Catalog of completed experiments:

In this list, you can view a Highlight Sheet or the Student version of The Experiment

  • What are the kinetic parameters of a heterogeneous reaction?
    Kinetics of the magnesium/hydrochloric acid system
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • How is the freezing point of a binary mixture of solids related to the composition of the mixture?
    Thermodynamics of freezing point depression
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • Can we make stew with these beans?
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • What makes an electron a valence electron?
    Quantum mechanics; computational chemistry; definition of a valence electron
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • What does an emission spectrum tell you about energy levels?
    Quantum Electronic structure of a hydrogen atom
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • Are the molecules that make a solution red big or small?
    Quantum mechanics; UV-Vis spectroscopy of conjugated dye systems
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • How does a molecule’s electronic state affect its acidity?
    Thermodynamics; pKa determination, UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • What does the fluorescence spectrum of an excimer tell you about its thermodynamics?Thermochemistry; excimer formation; fluorescence spectroscopy
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • Does myoglobin unfold in the body?
    Thermodynamics of protein structure; UV-vis spectroscopy
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • How can we quantify the speed of a chemical reaction?
    Kinetics; clock reactions
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • What factors control the escapability of a molecule from a liquid?
    Molecular dynamics simulations; molecular desorption from a liquid
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • What factors affect the dissolution enthalpies of ionic compounds?
    Thermochemistry; solution calorimetry of ions
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • What apple would be best for a fruit salad?
    Enzyme kinetics observed by UV-Vis spectroscopy
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • What environmental factors affect an NMR spectrum?
    Equilibrium systems; solvent effects on an NMR sprecra
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • What can an IR spectrum tell you about a molecule?
    Use of IR spectroscopy to explore the rovibrational motions in gas phase molecules
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • Water, water, everywhere – Is it all the same?
    Molecular dynamics; examination of molecular-level behavior of water solvent
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • How can we measure a reaction enthalpy without going into the laboratory?
    Molecular electronic structure calculations; thermochemical computations
    : Highlights : Student Version

  • What role does symmetry play in vibrational spectroscopy? (Coming Soon)
    Vibrational spectroscopy; molecular structure determination
    : Highlights : Student Version