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CHEM A103L - Survey of Chemistry Lab

Survey of Chemistry Lab is an introductory laboratory course designed to teach the basics of working with laboratory equipment, data gathering, analysis and reporting.

All CHEM A103 labs are held in CPSB 314.  You must attend the first day of labs and you must attend with your lab manual and goggles.  Both are available through the campus bookstore.  Labs start on August 24th, 2009.

For your convenience, we've posted several files below that you may find useful at some point during the semester.  Please check back frequently to remind yourself of what's available here.  Some of our files are posted in PowerPoint format.  Others are posted in pdf format.   If you don't already have it, the Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free.

Of general interest:

Course presentations: (Presentations will be posted soon!)

Week of: Topic Presentation
     
8/25 Safety Orientation Safety Orientation
8/25 Glassware and Equipment Glassware and Equipment
8/25 Mathematics Exercise - Homework Assigned Exercise 1
8/31 Introduction to the Chemistry Lab Exercise 2
9/07 No Labs - Labor Day Week  
9/14 The Use of Volumetric Glassware Experiment 1
9/14 Mathematics Exercise Homework Due  
9/14 MicroLAB(TM) Homework Assigned Exercise 3 Homework
9/21 MicroLAB(TM) In-class Exercise  
9/21 MicroLAB(TM) Homework Due  
9/28 Plotting Measured Data to Generate a Graph Experiment 2
10/5 Synthesis of Potassium Dioxalatocuprate (II) Dihydrate Experiment 3
10/12 Skills Evaluations  
10/19 Solution and Electrolytes: Qualitative Observations Experiment 4
10/26 Determination of Concentration Using Spectrophotometry Experiment 5
11/2 Kinetics: Measuring Reaction Rates Experiment 6
11/09 Analysis of Vinegar by Titration Experiment 7
11/16 Skills Evaluations  
11/23 No Labs - Thanksgiving Day Week  
11/30 Determination of Buffer Capacity Experiment 8

Below are the Material Safety Data Sheets for all the reagents you will be using this semester.

Experiment MSDS
1 Brilliant Blue FCF, Green #3, Red #3, Red #40, Water, Yellow #5, Yellow #6
2 Acetone, Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate, Ethanol (denatured), Potassium Oxalate, Water
3 Buffer pH 4, Buffer pH 7, Buffer pH 10, Hydrochloric Acid (1-10%), Nitric Acid (5-20%), Potassium Hydroxide (1-6%), Sodium Hydroxide (0.2-2.0N)
4 Acetic Acid (1N), Potassium Chloride (0.1N), Sodium Chloride, Sucrose, Water
5 Green #3, Red #3, Red #40, Water
6 Potassium Iodate (0.1N), Potassium Sulfate, Sodium Sulfite, Starch, Sulfuric Acid (0.1N), Water
7 Acetic Acid (6%), Buffer pH 4, Buffer pH 7, Buffer pH 10, Potassium Hydroxide (1-6%), Sodium Hydroxide (0.01-0.1N), Water
8 Acetic Acid (1N), Buffer pH 4, Buffer pH 7, Buffer pH 10, Potassium Hydroxide (1-6%), Sodium Acetate, Sodium Acetate Buffer, Sodium Hydroxide (0.01-0.1M), Water
Buffer pH 4 Buffer pH 4, Amaranth, Dowicide A, Potassium Acid Phthalate, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Phenylphenate (O-), Water
Buffer pH 7 Buffer pH 7, Dowicide A, Potassium Phosphate Monobasic, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Phenylphenate (O-), Sodium Phosphate Dibasic, Tartrazine, Water
Buffer pH 10 Buffer pH 10, Dichloropropene (1,3-), Dowicil 75, Hexamethylenetetramine, Methylene Chloride, Patent Blue A, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Carbonate Monohydrate, Water
 

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