General Chemistry I Lab Manual

EXPERIMENT 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 
 1.1   Introduction 
 1.2   Example Calculations 
 1.3   Experimental 
 1.4   Waste Disposal 

EXPERIMENT 2 DENSITY OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS 
 2.1   Introduction 
 2.2   Example Calculations 
 2.3   Experimental 
 2.4   Waste Disposal 
 2.5   Graphing 

EXPERIMENT 3 PROPERTIES OF HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS 
 3.1   Introduction 
 3.2   Experimental 
 3.3   Waste Disposal 

EXPERIMENT 4 FORMATION AND NAMING OF IONIC COMPOUNDS 
 4.1   Introduction 
 4.2   Experimental 
 4.3   Waste Disposal 

EXPERIMENT 5 WATER LOSS BY DEHYDRATION
 5.1   Introduction 
 5.2   Example Calculations 
 5.3   Experimental 
 5.4   Waste Disposal 
 5.5   Calculations 

EXPERIMENT 6 PRECIPITATION, STOICHIOMETRY, AND SYNTHESIS OF ALUM 
 6.1   Introduction 
 6.2   Example Calculations 
 6.3   Experimental 
 6.4   Waste Disposal 

EXPERIMENT 7 SOLUBILITY STUDY 
 7.1   Introduction 
 7.2   Example Chemical Equations 
 7.3   Experimental 
 7.4   Waste Disposal 

EXPERIMENT 8 INTRODUCTION TO TITRATIONS: PREPARATION OF A STANDARD SOLUTION 
 8.1   Introduction: Standardizing a Solution 
 8.2   Example Calculations 
 8.3   Experimental 
 8.4   Preparation and Standardization of a NaOH Solution 
 8.5   Waste Disposal 

EXPERIMENT 9 TITRATION ANALYSIS OF VITAMIN C 
 9.1   Introduction 
 9.2   Example Calculations 
 9.3   Experimental 

EXPERIMENT 10 IDEAL GAS LAW: ESTIMATION OF MOLAR MASS OF MAGNESIUM 
 10.1   Introduction 
 10.2   Example Calculations 
 10.3   Experimental 
 10.4   Waste Disposal 

EXPERIMENT 11 SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY OF METALS: LAW OF DULONG AND PETIT 
 11.1   Introduction 
 11.2   Example Calculations 
 11.3 Experimental (Work in Pairs) 
 11.4   Waste Disposal 

EXPERIMENT 12 HESS’S LAW 
 12.2   Example Calculations 
 12.3   Experimental 
 12.4   Calculations 
 12.5   Waste Disposal 

EXPERIMENT 13 LET THERE BE LIGHT 
 13.1   Introduction 
 13.2   Example Calculations 
 13.3   Experimental 
 13.4   Cleanup 

EXPERIMENT 14 PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY 
 14.1   Introduction 
 14.2   Experimental 
 14.3   Waste Disposal 

APPENDIX A ELECTRONIC BALANCE 
APPENDIX B BUNSEN BURNER 
APPENDIX C VOLUMETRIC PIPET 
APPENDIX D BURETTE 
APPENDIX E GENERATING A STRAIGHT LINE GRAPH IN MICROSOFT EXCEL