Chemistry 251 – Laboratory Syllabus
Fall 2002

Laboratory Manual: Suzanne Slayden, 1999, General Chemistry Laboratory Experiments, 3rd Edition, GMU Bookstore, Johnson Center.

Week of

Laboratory Experiment/Exercise

Pages

Aug 26

Check-in and Laboratory Safety Orientation and Discussion

1-4

Sept 2

Labor Day Week - No Chemistry Labs

  

Sept 9

Measurements and Data Handling

5-12, 19-21

Sept 16

Density of Solutions

23-29

Sept 23

Empirical Formula of Zinc Iodide

31-35

Sept 30

Synthesis of Aspirin

57-66

Oct 7

Periodic Properties: Cation Analysis

85-91

Oct 14

Columbus Day Week – No Chemistry Labs

  

Oct 21

Periodic Properties: Anion Analysis

93-97

Oct 28

Titration of Vinegar

67-74

Nov 4

Thermodynamics and Hess’s Law

75-83

Nov 11

Absorption Spectroscopy

37-48

Nov 18

Chemical Kinetics

137-144

Nov 25

Thanksgiving Week – No Chemistry Labs

  

Dec 2

Clean Up and Check Out

  

 

THERE ARE NO MAKE-UP LABS IN CHEMISTRY 251. In the event of an unavoidable absence, the instructor must be notified as soon as possible in order to obtain approval to attend another lab section during the same week as the unavoidable absence. If no prior notice of the absence is given to the instructor, the a grade of zero will be given for the missed lab. A student can not receive a passing grade in the course (lecture and lab together make up the course) unless at least ten of the lab sessions are attended and satisfactory reports are handed in on time. Attending a lab session and not performing the experiment or not handing in a completed lab report does not constitute completing an experiment. "Dry-labbing" or analyzing data that you did not collect in the laboratory or using data acquired by someone else is an honor code violation. Your laboratory instructor will submit your laboratory grade to the lecture instructor who will incorporate it into the calculation and assignment of an overall course grade.