Synopses & Reviews
This lab manual offers a modern approach to the two semester general chemistry laboratory course. The manual contains over 37 labs that cover all of the topics commonly taught in the course. Each experiment contacts extensive background and procedure outlines to give students a solid conceptual background before completing the lab.
Table of Contents
1 What's the matter? The Nature of the World Around Us 2 The Properties of Some Common Metals: Whay NASA Needs Chemistry 3 Alchemy and the Origins of Modern Chemistry: All that Glitters Isn't Gold 4 Classification of Matter: Basic Separation Techniques 5 Measurement and Proper Use of Laboratory Glassware 6 Chemical Nomenclature, Part I: Naming Ionic Compounds 7 Understanding the Basics: The Mole and Counting Atoms 8. Limiting Reactants: How Much BaSO4 Can We Make? 9 Electrolytes in Solution: Completing the Circuit 10 If You are Not Part of the Solution: Precipitation Reactions 11 An Introduction to Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry: The Breath Analyzer 12 Say "Cheese": Cyanotype Photography as a Redox Reaction 13 A Titration for the Determination of Ions in Water: The Hard Truth 14 Spectrophotometric Analysis: Phosphates in Water 15 Discovering the Gas Laws 16 Gas Stoichiometry: The Automobile Airbag 17 Introduction to Thermochemistry: Using a Calorimeter 18 Calorimetry: Nutrition in a Nutshell 19 Hess's law: A Study of the Combustion of Magnesium 20 Chemical Nomenclature, Part II: Naming Organic Compounds 21 Introduction to Organic Analysis: Infrared Spectroscopy 22 Colligative Properties: Analysis of Freezing Point Depression 23 Introduction to Kinetics: Factors That Affect the Rate of a Reaction 24 Determining the Rate Law: A Kinetics Study of the Iodination of Acetone 25 Determining the Equilibrium Constant of a Complex 26 LeChatelier's Principle: Stress Management 27 Chemistry of the Kitchen: Acids and Bases 28 The Properties of Buffers: Resisting Change in a Turbulent World 29 Electrochemistry: An Introduction to Voltaic Cells