Laboratory Techniques I, CHY 116
Chemistry Department, University of Southern Maine

Laboratory Techniques II
CHY 116 Schedule
Spring 2009

Locations

Prelab meets in Payson 306.
(If your prelab is scheduled for the Science building, go here for your course materials.)
After the prelab, carry out lab work in Payson 305.

Materials

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

 

WEEK OF

ALL CHEM LAB TWO SECTIONS DO NOT MEET THE FIRST WEEK.

Week of January 26

BE SURE TO BRING Goggles, Lab Manual, and Lab Notebook!
BE SURE TO BRING Procedure and Report forms from Online Lab Manual
Introduction, Safety, Check-in, and
Experiment:
Redox Reactions, Part I: A Standardized Oxidizer Solution
Week of February 2

Experiment continued:
Redox Reactions, Part II: Which Bleach is More Powerful?
Hand in: none
Week of February 9

Experiment:
Chemical Kinetics of a Clock Reaction: What Influences the Rate of a Reaction?
Hand in Report #1: Redox Reactions
Week of February 16

WINTER BREAK
Week of February 23

Experiment:
Le Chatelier's Principle: Pushing Equilibria Around
Hand in Report #2: Chemical Kinetics
Week of March 2

Experiment:
Measuring an Equilibrium Constant, I: Using Color to Analyze an Equilibrium Mixture
Hand in Report #3: Le Chatelier's Principle
Week of March 9

Experiment:
Measuring an Equilibrium Constant, II: Using pH to Analyze an Equilibrium Mixture
Hand in Report #4: Equilibrium Constant I
Week of March 16

Experiment:
Exploring Reaction Mechanisms, Part I
Hand in Report #5: Equilibrium Constant II
Week of March 23

SPRING BREAK
Week of March 30

Experiment continued:
Exploring Reaction Mechanisms, Part II
Hand in: none
Week of April 6

Project:
Qualitative Analysis: Identifying Cations in Solution
Prelab: Introduction and Cations of Group I and II
Begin work on first unknown.
Hand in Report #6: Exploring Reaction Mechanisms

Week of April 13

Project continued:
Qualitative Analysis: Cations of Groups III and IV
Week of April 20

Project continued:
Qualitative Analysis: Cations of Groups V
Week of April 27

Project continued:
Qualitative Analysis, continued
Final Unknowns are available as soon as you finish your first unknown.
Week of May 4

Project continued:
Qualitative Analysis, concluded
Complete your Final Unknown

Course Evaluation and Check-Out

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

CHY114 Lab Manual