Welcome to Mystrica
Aim
The Mystrica colorimeter has been developed to help teachers of sciences to deliver programmes of interesting and meaningful practical work. The instrument delivers high quality performance in a small, robust, user-friendly and affordable package. Stand-alone or linked to a computer the Mystrica colorimeter can make colorimetry accessible to students of all ages across the curriculum.
Many suggestions for investigations are described in this site, (see 'Experiments' on the toolbar).
Applications
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reaction kinetics - rate graphs, orders, equilibria
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measurement of concentrations
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investigations with enzymes - effects of temperature, pH, inhibitors - enzyme kinetics
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quantitative determination of biological molecules - sugars, protein, vitamins,
etc
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quantitative determination of inorganic ions - nitrate, phosphate, etc
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population growth of micro-organisms
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and many more that inventive teachers and students will discover, (and will, we
hope, tell us about).
The investigations described on this website use mainly simple techniques and apparatus.
They provide creative opportunities to develop and demonstrate skills of planning,
presentation, processing and analysis of data, graph work, error assessment, etc.
The open-ended nature of the suggested practicals
provides plenty of opportunity for extended investigations and for students to develop
their own modifications.
Support
The colorimeter and the experiments described here are fully supported by our staff
for fast delivery of anything that is needed. |