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Solutions to the following 20 pre-laboratory homework problems from the "Fundamentals" chapter of the Atkins/Jones/Laverman lecture text are due at the beginning of the second laboratory meeting, i.e., during the week of Sept. 2:  D4, D14, E22, E24, F6, F16, F18, G6, G16, G18, H6, I6, I14, I16, J6, J8, L8, L18, M12, M22


Week Beginning
Experiment
Expt. No.
Pages in Lab Text
(Singh et al.)
Reference Pages in Lecture Text  (Atkins et al., 7th ed.)
Aug. 26 Orientation, Check In, Safety Practices, Laboratory Procedures, Data Handling, Report Writing
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Study pages 1 - 72 of the laboratory text prior to next week's  laboratory meeting.
Sept. 2 Measurement and Density ---- Handout pp. F5 - F9

Sept. 9

Preparation and Analysis of Lead (II) Iodide

      Preparation of Lead Iodide      
18

pp. 403 - 412

pp. F46 - F50, F96 - F104

Supplemental Notes - Part 1
Sept. 16 The Rydberg Constant and the Visible Atomic Spectrum of Hydrogen
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Handout

pp. 30 - 31

Sept. 23
Identification of Chemical Compounds in Solution
15

pp. 291 - 301

Table 6.1, p. 305

pp. F66 - F77

Supplemental Notes



Sept. 30

Preparation and Percent Composition of a Metal Oxide and Iodide: Determination of the Empirical Formula of a Compound

      Part B: Determination of the Empirical Formula of a Metal Iodide (zinc reaction only)
17 pp. 389 - 401

pp. F46 - F50, F87 - F93

Supplemental Notes

Oct. 7


Oct. 14

Copper: Its Chemical Transformations

      Part A: Conversion of Metallic Copper to Copper (II) Acetate
      Part B: Preparation of cis-bis(glycinato)copper (II) monohydrate and its trans isomer

      Part C: Preparation of Copper (II) Aspirinate
      Part D: Regeneration of Copper Metal

19

pp. 413 - 422

pp. 716 - 717, 720 - 731

Supplemental Notes - Parts A & B


Supplemental Notes - Parts C & D
Oct. 21 Determination of Percent by Mass of NaHCO3 in Alka Seltzer Tablets ---- Handout F87 - F93, F96 - F103
Oct. 28 Computational Chemistry
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Handout

pp. 117 - 135


Nov. 4
Nov. 11

The Spectrochemical Series

      Part A: Synthesis and Characterization
      Part A: Synthesis and Characterization

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Handout

pp. 733 - 739

Nov. 18 Determination of the Molar Volume of a Gas and Atomic Weight of a Metal
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Handout

pp. 153 - 160

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