: A Do-It-Yourself Type Spectrophotometer and a Jupyter Notebook That Enable Real Time Spectroscopy during School Lessons (Journal Article) Mitsioni, Marianna Fanouria creator Stouras, Miltiadis | Makedonas, Christodoulos text Washington DC :American Chemical Society ,2023 monographic eng

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2704-2712p. Abstract: A major obstacle that teachers face when they begin their spectroscopy lessons is the lack of a spectrophotometer, mostly due to its relatively high cost. In the present study, the construction of a low-cost do-it-yourself type of instrument is reported. Its construction, as a part of a problem-based scenario, would also help students to enhance their chemical literacy. Moreover, the creation of a Jupyter Notebook called “Spectrophotometry” is also described. With this tool, students and teachers, within a few clicks, will derive absorption and fluorescence spectra and do kinetics studies without any difficulty and the need for time-consuming data postprocessing software. Finally, the views of a group of students on the construction and ease of use of our spectrophotometer are discussed in detail. ***______{For Hard Copy, Please visit Library.}________*** Absorption| Fluorescence| Quantum mechanics| Demonstrations Laboratory Instruction| Public Understanding| Collaborative/Cooperative Learning 0021-9584 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00248 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00248 231120 20231120124912.0