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CHEM 321 Lab
 
Description 
Required Items 
Lab Schedule 
Safety 
Other Topics

  Description:
Laboratory work is essential to the study of analytical chemistry.  The laboratory work in Chemistry 321 consists of a series of analyses that demonstrate the fundamental techniques used in chemical identification and quantification.  You will be evaluated on the results of you laboratory work and the documentation of your work in your laboratory notebook.
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  Required Items:
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  Laboratory Schedule:
Experiment Title Points
Lab 
Session		 Due Date
1
 Check in/Notebooks/Pipet Calibration/Solution Prep
30
1
 Lab   2
2
 Calcium Analysis
40
2-4
 Labs 3, 5
3
 Volumetric Analysis of Acetylsalicylic Acid
40
4-5
 Lab   6
4
 Complexometric Determination of Water Hardness
40
6-7
 Lab   8
5
 Spectrometric Determination of Acetylsalicylic Acid

link to weighted regression worksheet

link to new regression worksheet - Summer '06
40
8-9
 Lab  10
6
 Atomic Absorption of Metal Ions (Report)
50
10
 Lab  12
7
 Electrochemical Determination of Fl-
30
11
 Lab  14
8
 Analysis Project
100
12-14
 Lab  15
 
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Laboratory Safety:
Follow the outlined university safety policies!  Safety goggles are always required in the laboratory.  Violations of university safety policies will invoke the wrath of the cookie monster.
Students caught working in the chemistry laboratory without safety glasses covering their eyes must provide the class instructor with 1 dozen homemade chocolate chip cookies! Click here for recipe.

  Internet Resources on Laboratory Safety

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  Other Topics to be Integrated throughout the Course