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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2003  > September  >
In the Classroom
Simulating Chromatographic Separations in the Classroom
Charles A. Smith and F. Warren Villaescusa
Department of Chemistry, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX 78207
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September 2003
Vol. 80 No. 9
p. 1023
Abstract
A classroom activity has been developed that allows students to perform chromatographic separations in the classroom through active participation. Using this classroom simulation, students develop a set of rules used to investigate the effect of flow rate, column dimension, particle size, and mobile/stationary phase affinity on chromatographic separations. While performing the simulation, the concepts of longitudinal and eddy diffusion are dramatically illustrated. Students are not only active participants throughout the entire separation; they also directly observe an evolving separation. The simulation allows students to set initial parameters, watch, and directly participate in isocratic and gradient separations occurring in real time.
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*  Citation
 Smith, Charles A.; Villaescusa, F. Warren. J. Chem. Educ. 2003 80 1023.
*  Keywords
 Chromatography; General Chemistry; Instrumental Methods; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Separation Science
*  History
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Last Updated:		 August 4, 2003
February 28, 2005
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