The City College

Department of Chemistry

Laboratory Syllabus for Chemistry 10401

 

Week 1 Check in; Introduction to other solution units.

Week 2 Freezing point, Freezing point depression and molecular mass determination.

Week 3&4 Determination of the order of a chemical reaction from literature rate data. Kinetics of the dimerization of 2,5-dimethyl-3, 4-diphenylcyclopentadiene-1-one.

Week 5 Problem set on chemical equilibrium. Discussion on chemical equilibrium of solutions. Formation constant of a complex ion, FeSCN2+ system (part a).

Week 6 Formation constant of a complex ion system continued. Discussion and calculation of experimental results.

Week 7 Discussion and problem set on pH of buffer solutions Discussion of a pH titration. Use and calibration of a pH meter, and analytical balance.

Week 8 Complete pH titration of ammonium phosphate known sample, and percent report.

Week 9 Titration Curves and pH Calculations for known phosphate data.

Week 10 Complete Unknown determination, and calculate phosphate percent in sample.

Week 11 Discussion of qualitative analysis theory and techniques. Preliminary test and flow diagram for analytical group 1. Discussion of Ksp. Separation and identification of known and unknown mixtures of silver, mercury, and lead ions.

Week 12 Electrochemistry I: Silver ion equilibria and calculation of equlibrium constants.

Week 13 Electrochemistry II: Determination of an unknown anion concentration in a silver system.

Week 14 Intermolecular Forces. Check out.