Laboratory Manual & Laboratory Information

    EXPERIMENTS and LABORATORY ACTIVITIES
                 Laboratory Manual Handouts, Reading & Additional Information

• INTRO & SAFETY Handbook Reading:
  • Section I - Safety in the laboratory
  • Section II - Glassware (familiarize yourself)
  • Section XI - Keeping a Laboratory Notebook

• General Laboratory Information
  • Lab Safety (provided in lab)
  • Keeping a Laboratory Notebook
  • General Laboratory Report Guidelines
    
    

Spring 2011 Laboratory Manual - Link is provided for REFERENCE only.
Please print laboratory handouts for the current semester as they are updated below.

• Experiment #1: Factors Affecting Reaction Rates
  • Lab Handout (provided in lab)
  • Graphing - Reading and pointers on graphing (does NOT print)
  • No pre-lab or post-lab questions assigned

• Experiment #2: Determination of a Rate Law by the Method of Intial Rates
  • Lab Handout (provided in lab)
  • Statistical Analysis: Standard Deviation

• Experiment #3: Hydrolysis of t-BuBr
  • Lab Handout (provided in lab)

• Experiment #4: Determination of K for an Esterification / Hydrolysis Reaction
  • Lab Handout (PLEASE PRINT)

• Experiment #5: Determination of Keq by spectrophotometry

• Experiment #6: LeChatelier's Principle

• Experiment #7: Acid-Base-Salt Solutions

• Experiment #8: Buffer Solutions

• Experiment #9: pH-monitored Titration of Vinegar and an Unknown Acid

• Experiment #10: Determination of the Ksp of an Organic Salt

• Experiment #11: Determination of the Thermodynamics of the Dissolution of Borax

• Experiment #12: Reactivity Series & Galvanic Cells

• Experiment #13: Galvanic Cells & the Nernst Equation

• Experiment #14: Electrolytic Cells & the determination of the Faraday Constant.

    SAMPLE LAB TESTS & TEST REVIEW

• Lab Test #1 - Spring 2004
  • ANSWERS

• Lab Test #2 - Spring 2005
  • ANSWERS