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In the Laboratory
Variable Effects during Polymerization
S. K. Lunsford
Department of Chemistry, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435

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December 2005
Vol. 82 No. 12
p. 1830

Abstract
We developed a lab experiment in which students polymerize 3-methylthiophene onto a polished platinum electrode surface and optimize the conditions (deposition temperature, monomer concentration, deposition time, applied voltage, and electrolyte concentration) for the selective electrode to determine catechol by utilizing cyclic voltammetry. The students learn to use a potentiostat–galvanostat and a cyclic voltammetry instrument while determining the best parameters to detect catechol.
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Lunsford, S. K. J. Chem. Educ. 2005 82 1830.
*  Keywords
Bioanalytical Chemistry; Electrochemistry; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; Instrumental Methods; Laboratory Instruction; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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