Citation

Grove N, Bretz SL. J. Chem. Educ. 2005; 82(10): 1532-1533.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Division Of Chemical Education - American Chemical Society)

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Abstract

Chemistry educators must make efforts to bring more student-active activities and experiments. In this paper, a scenario is given in which students adapt experiments in Sherlock Holmes' cases of suspicious deaths through a series of laboratory experiments that will prove the guilt of the accused murderer. Four laboratory experiments are suggested including molar mass determination using freezing point depression, flame tests, qualitative analysis and the identification of crystal shape. Results from these experiments are gathered and interpreted by students to distinguish between sugar and a possible poison.