Lab Text: Laboratory Experiments for General, Organic and Biochemistry, third ed.

Frederick Bettelheim and Joseph Landesberg, Saunders College Publishing, 1997
 
 

Week	Experiment number and title	Page
1	Check-in. Laboratory safety. # 2, Laboratory measurements	13
2	#3, Density determination	29
3	# 11, Charles’s Law: the volume-temperature relationship of a gas	119
4	#12 Properties of gases: determination of the molecular weight of a volatile liquid	127
5	# 21, Analysis of vinegar by titration # 22, Analysis of antacid tablets	217 225
6	#23, Structure in organic compounds: use of molecular models	233
7	# 36, Preparation and properties of a soap	391
8	# 31, Polymerization reactions (nylon – demo) # 37, Preparation of a hand cream	343 399
9	# 32, Preparation of aspirin	353
10	# 34, Isolation of caffeine from tea leaves	371
11	# 35, Carbohydrates	381
12	# 40, TLC separation of amino acids	425
13	# 47, Quantitative analysis of vitamin C contained in foods	497
14	Check-out.

Grading Policy

Experiment             60 %

Lab report             30 %

Attendance            10 %