Design of Low-Cost Equipment for the Study of a Chemical Reaction |
Participate and share : Poster
Martín Adame Ríos Nour Harb Dr. Salvador Guadalupe Hernández Vargas Mía Nieto María José Pedroza Raúl Rosales Tenorio
We propose the use of low-cost equipment to replace an UV-Vis spectrometer to study the decay of phenolphthalein as a simple experimental demonstration and valuable tool for the learning of chemical kinetics in different educational levels ranging from junior high to undergraduate students.
Audience: | Professional developers, Teachers, Teacher education/higher ed faculty |
Skill level: | Intermediate |
Attendee devices: | Devices not needed |
Participant accounts, software and other materials: | Microsoft Excel and calculator |
Topic: | Teacher education |
Grade level: | PK-12 |
Subject area: | Science |
ISTE Standards: | For Educators: Learner
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Additional detail: | Student presentation |
In this project the assistants will learn how to produce with a LED and a photoresistance an equipment to measure the rate of a chemical reaction using low cost materials. The results will be contrasted with the ones obtained used with an spectrophotometer UV-Vis. The students and the assistants can perform the data analysis in order to obtain information such as the reaction order and the chemical rate constant for the system adjusting in excel the data properly.
1. General overview of chemical kinetics
2. General overview of the device employed
3. Data analysis and performance of the reaction.
4. Discussion and final results
Time:50 minutes
Laboratory experience, peer to peer interaction
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03233
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSx83-D-LYE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VWxzdbQhfY&t=549s