Chemistry 16 Lab Manual

Table of Contents

Laboratory Safety and Laboratory Guidelines

Common and Special Laboratory Equipment

Materials and Other Requirements

Common Laboratory Operations and Techniques

Experiment 1 …………………………………………………………………………..10

Properties of Matter

Experiment 2 …………………………………………………………………………. 12

Chemical Changes

Experiment 3 …………………………………………………………………………. 15

Classification of Matter

Experiment 4 ………………………………………………………………………….17

Chemical Nomenclature: The Language of Chemistry

Experiment 5 ………………………………………………………………………….22

Water of Hydration

Experiment 6 ………………………………………………………………………….25

Gases

Experiment 7 ………………………………………………………………………….27

Oxygen

Experiment 8 ………………………………………………………………………….29

Heat and Volume Effects

Experiment 9 ………………………………………………………………………….31

Flame Test

Experiment 10 ………………………………………………………………………..32

Electromotive Series

Experiment 11 ………………………………………………………………………...33

Oxidation – Reduction Reactions/ Some Aspects of Corrosion

Experiment 12………………………………………………………………………….35

Colligative Properties

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE STUDENTS

Apparatus

▪ Check each piece of apparatus, which you find in your locker from the duplicate list furnished to you by your instructor. Sign your name and submit to your instructor. The instructor signs the checklists and gives one copy to you for your safekeeping. ▪ Provide your locker with reliable padlock. You are responsible for all the apparatus issued to you. Towards the end of the semester you have to replace or give a deposit for any piece which you have lost or broken. If you have partners, each of you will share equally any loss or breakage of apparatus kept in your lockers and those borrowed from the stockroom. A clearance duly signed by the laboratory attendant is a requirement for