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...Fieser has estimated that the new price-reduction plan will lower the annual expense to the University in Chemistry 20 from $18.20 to $8.32 per student...
...cheaper materials are an adequate substitute for the expensive chemicals and equipment now used in regular laboratory experiments, according to Fieser...
...substituted for more expensive equipment. For example, a clothespin can be substituted for a $28 monometer, it can be used as an ordinary clamp, and can also take the place of a pressure gauge. By replacing ethyl alcohol with a less expensive chemical that has a higher boiling point, Fieser has found a way to reduce one reaction from 24 hours to five minutes...
...plan will generally increase laboratory efficiency," Fieser stated. "Apparently no one has ever thought of the possibility of reducing costs, while raising teaching standards. It is quite simple," he added...
...Also, with the cheaper equipment students will not have to pay as much for the unavoidable breakages in the lab," Fieser said...