Fall 2017

Chem. 100 Lab Schedule (Fall 2017)

(Subject to change)

Sep. 4	Labour Day
Sep. 11	Safety introduction. Attendance is mandatory
Sep. 18	Experiment 1: Density
Sep. 25	Experiment 2: Identifying liquid compounds
Oct. 2	Experiment 3: Separating mixtures
Oct. 9	Thanksgiving Day
Oct. 16	Test #1 (test will be written during the lab period)
Oct. 23	Experiment 4: Heat of combustion
Oct. 30	Experiment 5: Recycling copper
Nov. 6	Experiment 7: The copper and silver nitrate reaction
Nov. 11	Remembrance Day
Nov. 13	No Lab (Remembrance Day observed)
Nov. 20	Test #2 (test will be written during the lab period)
Nov. 27	Experiment 11: The magnesium and HCl reaction
Dec. 4	Experiment 13: Synthesis of Aspirin
Dec. 8	Last day of instruction

 

Chem. 230 Lab Schedule (Fall 2017)

(subject to change)

Week of Sep. 5-8	Review/bonding, nomenclature of alkanes and alcohols
Week of Sep. 11-15	Review/acids and bases
Week of Sep. 18-22	Exp. 7, stereochemistry and models (week 1)
Week of Sep. 25-29	Test # 1 (2.5hrs)
Week of Oct. 2-6	Exp. 1, melting point determination
Week of Oct. 10-13	Exp. 7, stereochemistry and models (week 2)
Week of Oct. 16-20	Spectroscopy I (problem set is worth 2 lab reports)
Week of Oct. 23-27	Test # 2 (2.5hrs)
Week of Oct.30-Nov.3	Spectroscopy II
Week of Nov. 6-10	Spectroscopy III (Spec. problem set is due on Nov. 15)
Week of Nov.14-17	Exp. 3, recrystallization and sublimation
Week of Nov. 20-24	Test # 3 (2.5hrs)
Week of Nov. 27-Dec. 1	Exp. 4, separation of a mixture
Week of Dec. 4-8	No labs. Review/lecture if needed