Please take a moment to read the "FAIR USE" statement found at the bottom of this page. Contents Title pages Introduction to the Laboratory Chemicals The Analytical Balance General Laboratory Techniques ------Working with glass tubing ------Suction filtration ------Burets and pipets ------The Barometer ------The Centrifuge ------Melting point determination ------Boiling point determination The Laboratory Notebook Treatment of Errors Significant digits Errors and accuracy "The best value" (the t-test) Rejecting data: the Q-test Chemical Reference Works The Beginner's Guide to Spreadsheets Getting started Windows conventions and Excel Making cell entries Changing cell entries A calculation using replication Printing Saving Producing graphs from data Fitting data to the function y = mx + b: trendlines Excel common function summary ______________________________The Experiments______________________________ The Law of Multiple Proportions The Atomic Mass of an Unknown Metal Synthesis, Separation and Purification of KBr and KBrO3 Determination of the Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid by Vapor Density The Measurement of Gaseous Atmospheric Pollutants The Additivity of Enthalpy Changes The Separation and Analysis of a Mixture ----Qualitative analytical tests for ions The Preparation and Analysis of a Superconducting Ceramic Investigating the Liquid-Vapor Transition Molecular Spectroscopy (443 Kb) ----Organic functional groups (table) ----Common isotope abundances (table) ----Mass spectrum common fragments (table) ----Mass spectrum common fragments lost (table) ----NMR proton chemical shifts (tables) ----IR characteristic group absorptions (tables) Acid and Base Catalyzed Esterification The Mechanism of a Substitution Reaction Determining the Equilibrium Constant for an Esterification The Thermodynamics of the Dissolution of Urea Titration of a Diprotic Acid Hydrogen Phosphate Buffer Systems The Solubility Product Constant of Calcium Iodate Investigating Complex Ions of Copper(II) The Preparation and Analysis of a Coordination Compound of Cobalt(III) Optical Activity in Compounds Applications of Galvanic Cell Reactions Water Analysis Investigating Nuclear Decay Phenomena The 14 Bottle Problem