Issue 4, 2012

Education: a microfluidic platform for university-level analytical chemistry laboratories

Abstract

We demonstrate continuous flow acid–base titration reactions as an educational microfluidic platform for undergraduate and graduate analytical chemistry courses. A series of equations were developed for controlling and predicting the results of acid–base neutralisation reactions conducted in a microfluidic format, including the combinations of (i) a strong base and a strong acid, (ii) a strong base and a weak acid, and (iii) a strong base and a multiprotic acid. Microfluidic titrations yielded excellent repeatability. The small experimental footprint is advantageous in crowded teaching laboratories, and it offers limited waste and exposure to potentially hazardous acids and bases. This platform will help promote the utilisation of microfluidics at an earlier stage of students' careers.

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Article information

Article type
Focus
Submitted
02 Mph 2011
Accepted
06 Tsh 2011
First published
12 Phe 2012

Lab Chip, 2012,12, 696-701

Education: a microfluidic platform for university-level analytical chemistry laboratories

J. Greener, E. Tumarkin, M. Debono, A. P. Dicks and E. Kumacheva, Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 696 DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20951A

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