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100 _aAlain M. Beauparlant et al...
245 _a Teaching Single Crystal X-ray Crystallography in the Undergraduate Classroom with Sugar and Epsom Salt
_b(Journal Article)
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260 _aWashington, United States
_b:American Chemical Society
_c,January 10, 2023
300 _a336-341p.
490 _aAmerican Chemical Society, Volume 100, Issue 1
505 _a***______{For Hard Copy, Please visit Library.}________***
520 _aAbstract- We developed a single crystal X-ray crystallography experiment based on the crystal structure of sucrose (table sugar), and a more challenging experiment using Epsom salt. Both crystals are readily available in X-ray quality crystalline form. In these experiments, students mounted a crystal on a MiTeGen loop and analyzed it using a Rigaku XtaLAB Mini diffractometer (built 2011). Students generated models of both compounds using CrysAlisPro, Olex2, SHELXT, and SHELXL. All aspects of this experiment use free software programs which have user-friendly interfaces. A step-by-step laboratory protocol for determining the structure of both compounds is included in the Supporting Information. These experiments were used in the Fall of 2019 at the Junior and the Senior level. In the Summer of 2020, a take-home version of the lab was created in response to the Novel 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and implemented in the General Chemistry laboratory curriculum; this experiment was used for the duration of the 2020–2021 academic year. These experiments are suitable for all undergraduate experience levels.
650 _aFirst-Year Undergraduate/General
650 _aSecond-Year Undergraduate
650 _a Upper-Division Undergraduate
650 _a Laboratory Instruction Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives
650 _aCrystals/Crystallography Laboratory
650 _aEquipment/Apparatus
650 _aInquiry-Based/Discovery
650 _aLearning Problem Solving/Decision
650 _a Making X-ray Crystallography
856 _u https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00795
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