Science Experiment Research Assistance?
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The Faculty Research Assistance Program is intended to provide opportunities for undergraduates to gain valuable experience in research methodology while earning academic credit, and to provide faculty members with undergraduate research assistance. To participate, students must identify a faculty member in their area of interest who is seeking research assistance; complete a "research assistance contract" and enroll in the appropriate department course designated for this program--usually, 99RA/199RA or 99/199. The URCA Office publishes the FRAP Directory which lists the current projects of participating faculty and senior researchers with whom the student might work. Copies of the directory are available for review at departmental undergraduate offices. For information on getting credit for a research assistantship, please contact the undergraduate advisor in the appropriate department.
I wish to wax historical about this experiment. Humphry Davy tried to electrolyze solutions of sodium and potassium compounds and kept getting gases at the electrodes. He tried this for several years before he decided to eliminate the water and, very quicky after that, discovered first potassium and then sodium.
You may read his words from 1808 here:
http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/chem...
John Davy (brother of Humphry) was present at the moment of discovery and he writes in his diary that his brother was so happy that he danced for joy in the lab as the silver globules of metal appeared.
This is something you might consider incorporating in your report. Also, Davy was the mentor of Faraday. Some even have said that Davy's most important discovery was Faraday.
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