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Creation Date
Spring 2018
Major
Chemistry
Department
Chemistry
Degree
Undergraduate
Mentor
Donghui Quan
Mentor Department
Chemistry
Abstract
The objective of our research is to develop a viable analysis method capable of determining unknown atrazine concentrations. Traditional instrumentation methods can damage or cause expenditure of samples and are time consuming to use; fluorescence spectroscopy is a relatively cheap, fast, and non-destructive method for concentration analysis. Standard atrazine dilutions are made and fluorescence emission spectra are used to develop a calibration curve. Unknown atrazine samples are analyzed using standards. The results will allow the EKU Biology Department to analyze samples of unknown concentration from local streams and ponds.
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