General Information Safety rules (read this first!) Keeping a laboratory notebook Glossary of terms and definitions Molarities and wt% of concentrated acids & bases Experimental Procedures Determination of the density of carbonated beverages Atomic spectroscopy Preparation and analysis of a compound Extension choice investigation Gas chromatography and molecular modeling Using Job’s method to determine reaction parameters
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Guidelines for reports and summaries Presentation of exptl data (tables & graphs) Writing an abstract Writing a discussion Treatment of experimental error
Lab techniques and operating procedures Using Bunsen burners Decanting liquids Gravity filtration Vacuum filtration Using pH meters Ocean Optics UV-Vis spectrophotometers Using volumetric glassware
Instructions for graphing software Kaleidagraph Microsoft Excel