Prev. Article Next Article Table of Contents

Article

Lead-Testing Service to Elementary and Secondary Schools Using Anodic Stripping Voltammetry

Citing Articles

Your current credentials do not allow retrieval of the full text.

Purchase the full-text

PDF/HTML,
figures/images,
references and tables,
(where available)

Amanda Goebel , Tracy Vos , Anne Louwagie , Laura Lundbohm and Jay H. Brown

Science Department, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, MN 56258

J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81 (2), p 214

DOI: 10.1021/ed081p214

Publication Date (Web): February 1, 2004

Section:

History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

This article outlines a successful community service project that involved members of our undergraduate chemistry club and area elementary schools. Elementary school students from various science classes throughout the region collected drinking water samples and mailed them to the university for analysis. Chemistry club members analyzed the water samples for possible lead contamination using anodic stripping voltammetry. The results and experimental data were returned to the science teachers for use in a variety of class projects. Chemistry club members presented their work during our annual Environmental Chemistry Conference. All participating science classes were invited to the conference. Over the years, participation in this project has steadily increased to its current enrollment of 28 science classes throughout the region.

Keywords (Audience):

Elementary / Middle School Science

Keywords (Domain):

Analytical Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Chemistry for Kids

Keywords (Subject):

Electrochemistry

View: Hi-Res PDF | PDF w/ Links

Citing Articles

Citation data is made available by participants in CrossRef's Cited-by Linking service. For a more comprehensive list of citations to this article, users are encouraged to perform a search in SciFinder.

This article has been cited by 2 ACS Journal articles (2 most recent appear below).

Gold Electrodes Modified with Self-Assembled Monolayers for Measuring L-Ascorbic Acid: An Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment
Takashi Ito , D. M. Neluni T. Perera and Shinobu Nagasaka
Journal of Chemical Education2008 85 (8), 1112
- Gold Electrodes Modified with Self-Assembled Monolayers for Measuring L-Ascorbic Acid: An Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment
  Takashi Ito , D. M. Neluni T. Perera and Shinobu Nagasaka
  Journal of Chemical Education2008 85 (8), 1112
  This article describes an undergraduate electrochemistry laboratory experiment in which the students measure the L-ascorbic acid content of a real sample. Gold electrodes modified with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of thioctic acid and cysteamine are ...
  Abstract | Hi-Res PDF | PDF w/ Links
Mercury-Free Analysis of Lead in Drinking Water by Anodic Stripping Square Wave Voltammetry
Jeremy P. Wilburn , Kyle L. Brown and David E. Cliffel
Journal of Chemical Education2007 84 (2), 312
- Mercury-Free Analysis of Lead in Drinking Water by Anodic Stripping Square Wave Voltammetry
  Jeremy P. Wilburn , Kyle L. Brown and David E. Cliffel
  Journal of Chemical Education2007 84 (2), 312
  The analysis of drinking water for lead, which has well-known adverse health effects, provides an instructive example of the use of analytical chemistry to monitor a common hazard of everyday life. Techniques previously utilized for the electrochemical ...
  Abstract | Hi-Res PDF | PDF w/ Links