Dr. Cabral, S201A
Dr. Stone, S201
This laboratory course accompanies the second 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. You will need Adobe Acrobat
Reader (free download from Adobe web site) to view and print several of the
assigned laboratories below.
| Stockroom procedures, how to check-in, how to get equipment and other very important information. |
| Introduction to course content and safety issues. |
| Safety check-list, you must read this and give a signed statement that you have read it to John Burt (the stockroom manager). |
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Discussion/Laboratory
Schedule |
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| Week of | Experiment |
| Sept. 11 - 15 | Enrollment, Introduction to the course content, Boyles Law Assignment and Excel 5.0 review, and Check into lockers. |
| Sept.. 18 - 22 | Vapor Pressure, Enthalpy of Vaporization |
| Sept. 25 - 29 | Molecular Weight by Freezing Point Depression. |
| Oct. 2 - 6 | Chemical Kinetics of Photographic Development |
| Oct. 9 - 13 | Chemical Equilibrium |
| Oct. 16 - 20 | Acid-base titrations |
| Oct. 23 - 27 | Buffers and the Vampire Slayers |
| Oct. 30 - Nov. 3 | Solubility of Barium Nitrate (Enthalpy of Solution) |
| Nov. 6 - 10 | Vitamin C Content in Fruit Juices |
| Nov. 13 - 17 | Identification of an Unknown , Part I: Gathering data for known components |
| Nov. 20 - 24 | Labs Off this Week - Thanksgiving Break |
| Nov. 27 - Dec. 1 | Identification of an Unknown Part II: Identifying Unknowns (see above) |
| Dec. 4 - 8 | Gram Equivalent Weight of an Unknown Metal and Check out of lockers. |
The CSUS Physics page has a nice scientific notation tutorial.