The laboratory course is designed so that students will develop observational and manual techniques related to a chemistry laboratory. Each lab session is tied as closely as possible to the theory course so that theory will be demonstrated using analytical procedures. Students will learn how to handle analytical equipment such as balances and spectrophotometers and to set up their own experimental apparatus. Although relatively simple chemical composition and reactions are measured in this laboratory, students will learn the procedures to be followed for developing proven laboratory investigations, such as accurate measurement, record keeping, and experimental design. Some of the experiments include chemical equilibrium, thermochemistry, acids and bases and salts, tetration, reaction kinetics, and the determination of constants used in chemical equations.
Some labs progress to the study of organic and polymer chemistry.
Learn to make observations and measurements clearly and with an appropriate degree of significance, relative to a chemistry laboratory. Conduct simple chemical and analytical experiments to determine such properties of chemicals and compounds as solubility products, and interactions, equilibrium reactions, etc. Learn techniques in tetration analysis and tetration reactions for a variety of chemical reactions. Learn a simple chemical classification and the properties that determine the groups of chemical compounds. Set up and conduct simple experiments to demonstrate chemical reactions and the subsequent calculations for determining chemical constants.