SUPPORTING RAMAN IN THE TEACHING LABORATORY

Training students in analytical chemistry is often hampered by the lac k of funding for instrumentation capable of performing tasks approachi ng those encountered in the real world. Raman spectroscopy, for exampl e, is a technique that has rarely been presented to undergraduates and many graduates because of the need for expensive instrumentation. How ever, recently affordable Raman spectrometers have become available an d educational institutions can now consider practical applications of this formerly esoteric technique.