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Analysis Of Laminar Flow Patterns In Milifluidic Devices, Brian Leger
Analysis Of Laminar Flow Patterns In Milifluidic Devices, Brian Leger
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This research centers around a millifluidic device designed for the analysis of flowing chemical reactions that may happen too quickly to be analyzed by traditional spectroscopic methods. The device works by combining two simple concepts: fluid flows a certain distance over time and chemical reactions progress over time. Combining these allows for the correlation of reaction progress and distance through the device. Since the flow within the device is laminar, there is friction along the walls of the channel that creates a flow profile that elongates over time. The details of the flow were previously unknown but are necessary if …
Modeling The Particle-On-A-Ring Theory In An Undergraduate Laboratory, Courtney Deslauriers
Modeling The Particle-On-A-Ring Theory In An Undergraduate Laboratory, Courtney Deslauriers
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In early chemistry education, students are often taught to think about electrons as small, negatively charged particles existing in planetary orbits around the nucleus of an atom, rather than creating an electron cloud. In reality, electrons exhibit wave-particle duality, and are best described as wave functions. This idea that the electrons travel as waves and are moving around the nucleus so quickly that it is not possible to know the speed or location of an electron at any given moment is extremely abstract and difficult to visualize. This concept is essential to the theory of quantum mechanics, and therefore is …