2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The Development and the Practice of the Educational Experimental Programs on Catalysis that can be utilized at Educational Facilities such as Science Museums and Science Centers.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19611016
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Museology
Research Institution	National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Principal Investigator	WAKABAYASHI Fumitaka National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, 理工学研究部, 研究主幹 (30158589)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	博物館 / 環境技術 / 触媒・化学プロセス / 科学教育
Research Abstract	We have developed a new experimental program on catalysis that can be used for students at first and secondary schools levels. We used zeolites, i.e., typical solid acid, as catalyst to synthesize dyes such as fluorescein and phenolphthalein. This synthesis had been done using concentrated sulfuric acid as catalyst. The utilization of solid acids in spite of sulfuric acid is very important in the point of view from the green sustainable chemistry. Thus developed experiment can be done easily and safely at various educational facilities, i.e., science museums, science centers, and first and secondary schools as a student experiment.