Spencer L. Seager is Professor of Chemistry at
Weber State University.
History
He received his B.S. degree in chemistry and Ph.D. in
physical chemistry from the
University of Utah under the dean of science at the time,
Henry Eyring; his adviser was
J. Calvin Giddings
John Calvin Giddings (September 26, 1930 – October 24, 1996) was a professor of chemistry specialist of chromatography and separation techniques at the University of Utah. Obituary by Marcus Myers, ''Chromatographia 43'', (11-12), 583, 1996
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He began teaching at WSU in 1960.
He served as chemistry department chairman from 1969 to 1993.
Subjects taught
He teaches introductory, general, and physical chemistry at the university and is also active in projects to help improve chemistry and other science education in local elementary schools.
Books
*''Introductory Chemistry for Today''
*''Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry''
*''Organic and Biochemistry for Today''
*''Safety Scale Laboratory Experiments for Chemistry For Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry''
*''Environmental Chemistry: Air and Water Pollution''
Publications
*"Energy, from Source to Use"
*"Rapid Determination of Gaseous Diffusion Coefficients by Means of
Gas Chromatography
Gas chromatography (GC) is a common type of chromatography used in analytical chemistry for separating and analyzing compounds that can be vaporized without decomposition. Typical uses of GC include testing the purity of a particular substance, ...
Apparatus"
*"Temperature Dependence of Gas and Vapor Diffusion Coefficients"
*"Plate height in coiled columns"
*"Plate Height in Gas Chromatography"
*"Colorimetric Determination of Low Concentrations of Primary and Secondary Alcohols"
*"Rapid Diffusional Analysis by Chromatographic Methods"
*"Environmental Chemistry: Air and Water Pollution"
References
University of Utah alumni
Weber State University faculty
Living people
American physical chemists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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