Laboratory Techniques I, CHY 114
Chemistry Department, University of Southern Maine

Schedule, Spring 2008

Locations

Assemble for prelab meeting in the room specified in the USM Course Schedule.
After the prelab, carry out lab work in Payson 305.

Materials

Find all procedures and report forms in the Online Lab Manual.

Required for Rhodes's Section: Join Email Discussion List
(Optional for students in other sections. Might be useful -- try it and see.)

NOTE: LAB SECTIONS DO NOT MEET DURING FIRST WEEK!!!

Group A
WEEK OF
January 14
No CHEM LAB ONE Meetings This Week

WEEK OF
January 21

Introduction, Safety, Check-in

BE SURE TO BRING Laboratory Handbook for General Chemistry

WEEK OF
January 28

 

Measurement: Which Measuring Device is Most Precise?

BE SURE TO BRING 1) Printouts from Online Lab Manual (Procedure and Report Form for this experiment), 2) Laboratory Handbook for General Chemistry, AND 3) Goggles.

WEEK OF
February 4

Conductivity: Detecting Ions in Solution

1) Hand in Report: Measurement
2) Hand in Prelaboratory Assignment: Conductivity, Pages 2 and 3 of Procedure Form (counts as this week's quiz).

WEEK OF
February 11

Colorful Chemistry: A Cycle of Copper Reactions

Hand in Report: Conductivity

WEEK OF
February 18 		NO LABS (Winter Break)
WEEK OF
February 25

CONTINUED — Colorful Chemistry: A Cycle of Copper Reactions

Hand in Report: NONE
WEEK OF
March 3

Acid-Base Titration: How Much Acid is in Vinegar?

Hand in Report: Copper Chemistry, including an abstract.
WEEK OF
March 10

Molar Volume: What is the Volume of a Mole of Oxygen?

Hand in Report: Acid-Base Titration. Hand in next draft of abstract from Copper Chemistry, if necessary.
WEEK OF
March 17

Thermochemistry: Measuring Heat Changes of Chemical Reactions

Hand in Report: Molar Volume. Hand in next draft of abstract from Copper Chemistry, if necessary.
WEEK OF
March 24

NO LABS (Spring Break)

WEEK OF
March 31

Emission Spectra: What Causes the Color of the Aurora?

Hand in Report: Thermochemistry. Hand in next draft of abstract from Copper Chemistry, if necessary.
WEEK OF
April 7

 

Molecular Modeling: Building Computer Models of Molecules

Hand in Report: Emission Spectra, with abstract if assigned.

Before NEXT Lab Meeting: Set up your InterChemNet account for data collection. See instructions in the lab background material for the next experiment.
WEEK OF
April 14

Chromatography and Spectroscopy of Plant Pigments: What Gives Plants Color?

Hand in Report: Molecular Modeling.

Before THIS Lab Meeting: Set up your InterChemNet account for data collection. See instructions in the lab background material for the next experiment.
WEEK OF
April 21

Colligative Properties: Measuring the Mass of a Molecule

Your instructor will make exam appointments for each student for next week's final exam. Be sure to sign up for an exam time before you leave lab this week.

Hand in Report: Chromatography/Spectroscopy, with abstract if assigned.

WEEK OF
April 28

 

Final Exam & Check Out: Come directly to Payson 306 Lab at your appointed time.
The link above provides a copy of the final exam for your practice. Practice stations for the exam are available during the last two weeks of classes in Science 352.

Hand in Report: Colligative Properties, with abstract if assigned.

NOTE: No late work accepted after the beginning of this meeting.

CHY114 Lab Manual