Course Description
Students learn laboratory skills and instrumental techniques that allow them to perform inquiry-based experimental studies of chemical systems.
Athena Title
Gen Chem for Sci Eng Lab II
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in CHEM 1212L, CHEM 1312L
Prerequisite
CHEM 1211L or CHEM 1311L or CHEM 1411L
Corequisite
CHEM 1412
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Course Objectives CHEM 1412L A. Understand how to collect, analyze, and assimilate experimental laboratory data using traditional wet chemical techniques B. Understand how to collect, analyze, and assimilate experimental laboratory data using electronic analytical devices such as pH meters, thermistors, spectrometers, and colorimeters C. Use spreadsheet software to graph and analyze electronically accumulated data D. Use e-mail and web resources to evaluate collected data E. Write at least two formal lab procedures F. Write at least two formal lab reports G. Perform at least two inorganic synthetic reactions H. Devise at least two experiments based upon the techniques and procedures introduced in the course
Topical Outline
CHEM 1412L Inquiry-based experimental studies including I. The synthesis and characterization of polymeric materials II. The preparation and characterization of coordination compounds III. The determination of the rates and activation energy of a chemical reaction IV. The spectrometric determination of the concentration of a chemical species V. The determination of the dissociation constant of an acid VI. The qualitative identification of metal ions in an unknown mixture VII. A self-directed investigation that answers a chemically-related question.
General Education Core
CORE II: Physical SciencesSyllabus