Posted on Nov 19, 2007

Alisal High School students Miguel Zauala, Pedro Ramirez and Karina Garcia, led by teacher Paul Quiggle, placed first in the recent Monterey Bay Titration Competition. California State University, Monterey Bay's Division of Science and Environmental Policy and the American Chemical Society (ACS) sponsored the event, which was held at CSUMB to celebrate National Chemistry Week.

Members of the university's Science Club hosted the event.

More than 50 students from Alisal, Gonzales, Monterey and Seaside high schools as well as CSUMB competed in the event, in which titration skills were used to determine the concentration of acetic acid in vinegar.

All participants were treated to lunch and were entered into a raffle for an iPod, a beach towel of the periodic table and other items donated by the ACS.

CSUMB plans to make the competition an annual event.