Low cost voltammetry by interfacing a Pine Research cell with MicroLab data acquisition equipment

CHED 1188

Gregory D. Stewart, gs226398@arbor.edu, 106 E. Main St., Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI 49283, John R. Amend, jamend@chemistry.montanta.edu, Departmen of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Room 108, Gaines Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717, and Thomas S. Kuntzleman, tkuntzle@arbor.edu, Department of Chemistry, Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI 49283.
Pine Research Instrumentation (PRI) has recently released a low-cost (about $400) voltammetry cell (Model AKSPEKIT) designed for student use in the undergraduate laboratory curriculum. However, the cell must be controlled by a potentiostat that significantly increases the cost of the experiment (about $6,000). By using a MicroLab FS-522 data collection system (about $1,000) as a potentiostat for the PRI Model AKSPEKIT cell, we have been able to obtain voltammograms on a number of inorganic systems. The methods used to interface the two systems and voltammograms obtained will be presented.
 

Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Inorganic Chemistry
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The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008