In the first year you must do all five experiments, and you will be assigned particular days on which to complete them. In the second and third years you can choose from a pool of experiments. You may wish to choose experiments which relate to those lecture courses you find most interesting or valuable. Try asking your tutor which experiments he or she recommends. Most tutors will be happy to identify the experiments which they consider to be of the greatest value in illustrating physical chemistry.
Appropriate theory is discussed in the Introduction to each experiment.
The following table gives an indication of the time during second and third year when you will probably have the background knowledge needed to tackle each experiment. When this is shown in green you should by this stage have a background appropriate to the experiment, or be able to tackle the experiment with the aid of the theory given in the Introduction to it. If the designation is given in red , it is possible that you will not yet have sufficient background. Talk to a demonstrator or your tutor before you book the experiment. Updated November 6, 2000.