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

• Experiment #1: Factors Affecting Reaction Rates
  • Lab Handout
  • Graphing - Reading and pointers on graphing (does NOT print)

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

• Experiment #3: Hydrolysis of t-BuBr
  • Lab Handout

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

• Experiment #5: Determination of Keq by spectrophotometry
  • Lab Handout
  • Spectrophotometer Instructions

• Experiment #6: LeChatelier's Principle
  • Lab Handout

• Experiment #7: Acid-Base-Salt Solution
  • Lab Handout
  • pH meter calibration

• Experiment #8: Buffer Solutions
  • Lab Handout

• Experiment #9: pH-monitored Titration of Vinegar and an Unknown Acid
  • Lab Handout
  • The possible unknown monoprotic acids for Part B of the pH titration experiment are:
    • lactic acid
    • crotonic acid
    • chloroacetic acid
  • The possible unknown diprotic acids for Part C of the pH titration experiment are:
    • L-tartaric acid
      • pKa1 = 2.89
      • pKa2 = 4.4
    • oxalic acid
    • succinic acid

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

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

• Experiment #12: Reactivity Series & Galvanic Cells (2011)
  • Lab Handout
  • Prelab:
    • Please provide a standard prelab, including preparation of data table in the lab notebook.
      • Note: Reactions need not be included as part of the prelab.
  • Mini-Report:
    • Provide calculations, equations, results, and diagrams for each part of the lab as indicated in the lab handout.
    • A formal discussion and conclusions are NOT required.

• Experiment #13: Galvanic Cells & the Nernst Equation
  • Lab Handout
  • Mini-Report:
    • Provide calculations, equations, results, graphs and diagrams for each part of the lab as indicated in the lab handout.
    • A formal discussion and conclusions are NOT required.

• Experiment #14: Electrolytic Cells & the determination of the Faraday Constant.
  • Lab Handout
  • Mini-Report:
    • Provide calculations, equations, results, and diagrams for each part of the lab as indicated in the lab handout.
    • A formal discussion and conclusions are NOT required.

SAMPLE LAB TESTS & TEST REVIEW

• Lab Test #1
  • ANSWERS

• Lab Test #2
  • ANSWERS