Lab Manual for Ebbing's General Chemistry, 8th

by Wentworth, Rupert

• ISBN13: 9780618399468
• ISBN10: 0618399461
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-04
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This manual contains over 40 experiments sequenced to follow the text, with at least one experiment for each chapter. Experiments are carefully organized with introductory remarks, a discussion of the experiment's purpose, step-by-step procedures, a pre-laboratory assignment, and a section for results and questions.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(14)
Experiments
Identification of an Unknown Compound	15	(8)
Separation of a Mixture by Paper Chromatography	23	(10)
Some Measurements of Mass and Volume	33	(10)
Isotopes and Mass Spectroscopy	43	(16)
The Empirical Formula of an Oxide	59	(8)
Hydrates and Their Thermal Decompositions	67	(10)
Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions	77	(12)
Ionic Reactions in Aqueous Solutions	89	(10)
How Much Acetic Acid Is in Vinegar?	99	(8)
Boyle's Law and the Empty Space in Air	107	(8)
The Decomposition of Potassium Chlorate	115	(10)
Thermochemistry and Hess's Law	125	(16)
The Absorption Spectrum of Cobalt(II) Chloride	141	(14)
Solubilities Within a Family	155	(8)
The Identity of an Insoluble Precipitate	163	(10)
From Oil of Wintergreen to Salicylic Acid	173	(8)
Geometric Isomers	181	(12)
Molecular Architecture of Tetrahedral Molecules	193	(10)
A Student's View of Liquids and Solids	203	(10)
A Molar Mass from Freezing-Point Depression	213	(14)
Softening Hard Water	227	(12)
Qualitative Analysis of Chromium, Iron, and Copper	239	(8)
The Rate of an Iodine Clock Reaction	247	(14)
Le Chatelier's Principle	261	(12)
Determining an Equilibrium Constant	273	(12)
The Relative Strengths of Some Acids	285	(8)
Equilibria with Weak Acids and Weak Bases	293	(10)
An Acid--Base Titration Curve	303	(16)
A Solubility Product Constant	319	(10)
Qualitative Analysis of Ag+, Cu2+, Zn2+, and Ca2+ Ions	329	(12)
Spontaneity	341	(8)
Oxidation--Reduction Reactions	349	(14)
Electrochemistry	363	(18)
Estimating an Electrode Potential	381	(16)
Natural Radioactivity	397	(10)
Qualitative Analysis of Mg2+, Ca2+, Ba2+, and Al3+ Ions	407	(12)
The Strength of a Laundry Bleach	419	(10)
Thermochemistry and Complex Ions	429	(14)
Molecular Models of Organic Molecules	443	(8)
Amylase: One of Your Enzymes	451	(8)
Catalase and the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide	459
Appendixes
A Mistakes, Errors, Accuracy, and Precision	467	(6)
B Using a Coffee-Cup Calorimeter	473	(2)
C The Absorption of Light	477	(5)
D Indicators, pH Paper, and pH Meters	482