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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2002  > April  >
Chemical Education Today
NSF Highlights
Integrating Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction in the Undergraduate Curriculum
Patrick E. Hoggard
Department of Chemistry, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053
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April 2002
Vol. 79 No. 4
p. 420
Abstract
Aspects of single crystal X-ray crystallography have been introduced into all four years of the chemistry curriculum at Santa Clara University. The laboratory components consist of (a) the determination of a molecular structure from a data set in year one, (b) the redetermination of that molecular structure and the determination of an ionic structure in year two, (c) the determination of another ionic structure from a data set in year three, along with the experimental determination of unit cell dimensions for crystals synthesized by students, and (d) a complete experimental structure determination in year four. Together with supporting lecture components, this program attempts, in part, to address problems in spatial reasoning skills common to chemistry students.
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*  Citation
 Hoggard, Patrick E. J. Chem. Educ. 2002 79 420.
*  Keywords
 CER Learning Theories; CER Misconceptions; Curriculum; X-ray Crystallography
*  History
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Last Updated:		 March 1, 2002
March 16, 2005
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