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Determination Of Atrazine In Glacier Creek Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Spencer Witte
Determination Of Atrazine In Glacier Creek Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Spencer Witte
UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
Atrazine is a commonly used herbicide in agriculture that has been shown to cause adverse health-effects on biological organisms. Glacier Creek Preserve (GCP), a prairie preserve near Omaha, NE, contains restored prairie and agricultural land uses within a single watershed. Surface water samples were collected at various locations of GCP from May to July to quantify atrazine concentrations. Sample preparation included filtering with a 0.45 micron filter and solid-phase extraction (SPE) with a reversed-phase cartridge. The analyte was eluted off the cartridge with ethyl acetate and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Quantitation was performed with an internal standard calibration …
Design, Construction, And Characterization Of A Low-Cost Spectrometer With Interchangeable Parts, Jack Godek
Design, Construction, And Characterization Of A Low-Cost Spectrometer With Interchangeable Parts, Jack Godek
UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
A low-cost spectrometer was designed for the purpose of teaching spectroscopy. The spectrometer can be built by the student and contains interchangeable pieces such as slit width, grating, and lenses. This will allow the student to understand how changing these variables effects resolution. The spectrometer was constructed from PVC pipe, a plastic electrical box, and a USB webcam. The actual resolution of the spectrometer is close to the theoretical value, depending on which lens and grating is used. In addition, an extra piece can be added that allows absorption spectra to be collected. Having the student piece together the spectrometer …
Lake Sediment Analysis At Heron Haven Nature Center, Erik Lato
Lake Sediment Analysis At Heron Haven Nature Center, Erik Lato
UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
Understanding the chemical composition of a wetland sanctuary lakebed can help us understand how recent developments may have changed the chemical composition. Due to recent dredging by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and previous research on water composition at Heron Haven, the goal of this project was to determine the chemical composition as a function of sediment depth. The concentration of seven different metals and nutrients were analyzed in terms of depth. The aluminum, iron, and phosphate concentrations had no real discernible concentration change as a function of depth. There is some hint of a steady increase of manganese …