Analytical Chemistry: Recent Senior Projects at Allegheny College

Jessica Lynn Cicconi ('08), The Development of an Analytical Method for Lac Dye

Britney Grabigel ('08), A Comparison and Application of a Method of Extraction of Cochineal Dye from Different Fibers other than Sheep's Wool

Hannah Hiller ('08), A Study of the Thermodynamics of Adsorption of Cochineal Dye onto Wool

Thomas James McFadden ('08), The Temperature Optimization of the Uptake of Aluminum by Untreated Wool

James M. Houlihan ('06), A Study of the Thermodynamics of Adsorption of Cochineal Dye onto Wool

Kellyn S. Rielly ('06), The Development of a Quantitative Extraction Method for Alizarin Dye from Wool

Corey Thompson ('06), Finding the Optimal Conditions of Wool Mordanting with Aluminum

Mary B. Martucci ('05), Studies Toward Finding Optimal Conditions for the Mordanting of Wool Through a Comparison of Heating and Ultrasound

Maura L. Perry ('05), The Development of Quantitative Extraction Methods for the Removal of Cochineal Dye from Direct and Mordant-Dyed Wool

James A. Reeder ('05), Development of a High Performance Liquid Chromatography Procedure for the Separation of Dye Components of Madder Root

Tollin K. Sullivan ('05), A Study of Metal-Keratin Interactions Involving Iron in the Mordanting Process

Margaret J. Doyle ('03), A Comparison of Heating and Ultrasound as Viable Methods for the Mordanting of Wool.

Andrea C. Price ('03), Optimization of the Cochineal Dye Extraction Process from Wool.

Richard Matthew Watson ('02), Raman Spectra of Mordants, Amino Acids, and their Interactions with Reference to the Wool-Dyeing Process.