All calculated quantities must be compared to literature values. Literature values are available if you look for them. Participation during the laboratory is essential. Absence from assigned laboratory periods, habitual lateness, and crude behavior are unprofessional and will reduce the grade for an experiment. Laboratory reports must be handed in promptly.
Reports are due within two weeks of completion of an experiment.
For each week or partial week the report is past due the grade for that report will be reduced by one letter grade. The work in the laboratory is designed to compliment the work in the lecture. The purpose, principal methods, and principal results of the experiment are summarized here. Remember, lab reports are not review articles. This is a brief section listing the purity of the chemicals used and their sources, equipment with manufacturers and model numbers, and any deviations from the procedure as outlined in the text.