Experiments in General Chemistry Part I

Experiment 1 Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory

Experiment 2 Measuring Density of Liquids and Solids: Predicting the Salt Content

of a Solution from Its Density

Experiment 3 Separation and Identification of Food Dyes by Paper Chromatography

Experiment 4 Naming Inorganic Chemicals

Experiment 5 Introduction to the LabQuest© Interface

Experiment 6 Back-Titration—Evaluation of Antacids

Experiment 7 Qualitative Analysis

Experiment 8 Chemistry and Thermodynamics

Experiment 9 Vitamin C Analysis—Redox Titration

Experiment 10 Transition Metal Complexes and Beer’s Law

Experiment 11 Determining the Universal Gas Constant by the Decomposition

of Hydrogen Peroxide

Experiment 12 Measuring Gas Evolution: Stoichiometry of the Reaction of Magnesium

with Hydrochloric Acid

Experiment 13 Separation by Fractional Crystallization

Experiment 14 Molecular Modelling With Spartan

Appendix I Working with Numbers in the Chemistry Lab

Appendix II Lab Equipment

Appendix III Introduction to Basic Laboratory Equipment and Methods

Appendix IV The Elements

Standard Thermodynamic Values for Selected Substances at 298 K

Selected Water Vapor Pressures

Density of Pure Water

Appendix V Procedural Flowcharts

Appendix VI Glossary