While there is a large pool of lower division laboratory experiments for instructors to use, there are far less relevant examples for the upper division courses.  The diversity of instrumentation available in different chemistry departments makes it difficult to create a standardized lab manual.  A useful resource for developing upper division laboratory experiments are the vendor application notes.  These highlight an application of the instrument to a commercially relevant problem.  A Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) application note will be used to illustrate the development of a physical/analytical chemistry experiment.

Using vendor application notes as a foundation for relevant upper division laboratory experiments

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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