It s a way to help the youth and a way to help and teach others. For people who are community-minded, the Kiwanis is a great organization to be a part of. This device, which is capable of identifying over 75,000 different chemicals found in water, ground and air samples, will be added to our laboratory curriculum for organic, instrumental, environmental and physical chemistry courses. It will certainly enhance the employment potential of our graduates. Having the opportunity to use instruments of this type will better prepare our students for work currently carried out in industrial laboratories.
Gas chromatography is a technique that separates volatile mixtures into their component compounds.
Mass spectrometry then breaks these compounds apart into easily identifiable fragments. Duffy explained that the mass spectrometry part is like putting the pieces of a jig-saw puzzle back together and finally seeing the picture emerge. This marks the second year the Administrative Council has conducted a toy drive for the local Toys 4 Tots. More than 100 toys were collected and distributed to local charities for needy children. Coleman said he is very thankful to WJU supporting this event.