Spencer L. Seager is professor of chemistry at
Weber State University
Weber State University (pronounced ) is a public university in Ogden, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1889 as Weber Stake Academy and earned its current name in 1991.
As of fall 2023, the student population reached 30,536 students, cons ...
.
History
He received his B.S. degree in chemistry and Ph.D. in
physical chemistry
Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mech ...
from the
University of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...
under the dean of science at the time,
Henry Eyring; his adviser was
J. Calvin Giddings.
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 Separation process, separating and analyzing compounds that can be vaporized without Chemical decomposition, decomposition. Typical uses of GC include t ...
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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