General Chemistry Lab

General Chemistry I Laboratory

CHEM 1102

Instructors:

Ms. Van Rys, S217, chris@chem.csustan.edu

Dr. Koni Stone, S201, koni@chem.csustan.edu

This laboratory course accompanies the first semester of General Chemistry. Students are responsible for the materials in these documents and quizzes may be used to assure that students are reading this lab manual.

Before you come to class, read these sections.

Stockroom procedures, how to check-in, how to get equipment and other very important information.
Introduction to how to keep a lab notebook and some safety issues.
Safety check-list, you must read this and give a written statement that you have read it to John Burt (the stockroom manager).

Miscellaneous information

Common Solvents

Five Easy Species: Four Acids and a Base.

The CSUS Physics page has a nice scientific notation tutorial.

CHEM 1102 Laboratory Schedule for Spring 2001
Week of	Experiment
February 19	Check-in to lab, introduction to computers.
February 26	Pennies from Heaven
March 5	Density Measurement
March 12	Introduction to Excel
March 19	The Empirical Formula of a Compound
March 26	Stoichiometry,
April 2	Determination of Calcium Carbonate in Eggshells
April 9	Molecular Weight of a Volatile Compound
April 16	Spring Break!
April 23	Molar Volume of a Gas
April 30	Enthalpy of Vegetable Oil Combustion
May 7	Enthalpy Change of a Chemical Reaction
May 14	Molecular Dimensions and Check out

Note: Your laboratory instructor will notify you of the dates when experiments are due. Late experiments will be drastically penalized.

-20%

-100%

This page was created by Koni Stone (koni@chem.csustan.edu). It was edited on February 10, 2001.