Principles of Chem 1

SCHEDULE

This course has required, on-campus labs that meet on Monday's at the following times:

You must attend lab at your assigned time. You cannot attend any other lab without advance permission

Required Week 1 Laboratory materials : Lab Notebook (See above) Scientific Calculator

		Laboratory Documents	Helpful Links and Videos
Week 1	Jan 8, 9	L1 Introductions (Required) L1 Lab report (Due in 1 week)	Laboratory Safety
Week 2	Jan 15, 26	No Lab This Week (Monday Holiday)	.
Week 3	Jan 22, 23	L2 Computer Survival Procedure L2 Computer Survival Report	0. Graphing Start to Finish 1. Data Entry 2. Formulas and Calculations 3. Graphing 4. Trendlines 5. Trendlines & Data Subsets
Week 4	Jan 29, 30	L3 Graphical Analysis Procedure L3 Graphical Analysis Report	1 . How to use a caliper 2. Graphical Analysis o Metal Disks 3. Get Excel HERE
Week 5	Feb 5, 6	L4 Synth. of Alum Procedure L4 Synth. of Alum Report	1. Gravity Filtration 2. Vacuum Filtration 3. Neutralization Calculation Review Video
Week 6	Feb 12, 13	L5 Gas Laws Procedure L5 Gas Laws Report	1. Calib. Press Sensor 2. Boyle's Law 3. Amonton's Law
Week 7	Feb 19, 20	No Lab This Week (Monday Holiday)
Week 8	Feb 26, 27	L6 Calorimetry & heat of Reaction Procedure L6 Calorimetry Report	1. Calorimeter Setup & Operation
Spring Break!!	Mar 3 - 9	No Lab This Week
Week 9	March 11, 12	No Lab This Week (Exam #1)
Week 10	March 18, 19	L7 Spectroscopy Procedure L7 Spectroscopy Report	1. Spectroscope and Line Emission Spectra 2. Flame emission Spectroscopy 3. Absorption Spectroscopy
Week 11	March 25, 26	L8 Beer's Law Procedure L8 Beer's Law report	1. Preparing a Buret 2. Buret measurement & Dilution Calculations 3. Colorimeter Operation
Week 12	April 1, 2	L9 Solution Conductivity Procedure L9 Solution Conductivity Report
Week 13	April 8, 9	L10 Acetic Acid titration Procedure L10 Acetic Acid titration Report	1. Pipette Operation 2. Volumetric Flask Operation
Week 14	April 15, 16	L11 Cycle of Copper
Week 15	April 22, 23	L12 Molecular Modeling Print out and complete Lewis structures before lab meets Notebooks not required. No Lab This Week	1. PF₅ 2. I₃- 3. SO₂Cl₂
Week 16	April 29, 30	(Exam #2)
Week 17	May 6 - 10	Final Exams

Principles 1 Laboratory
Spring 2024

Week 1 laboratory is REQUIRED

Instructor: Kirk Boraas (Mondays)	Instructor: Jasmine Erbs (Tuesdays)
Section 60 M 11:00 - 1:30 PM	Section 01 T 1:00 - 3:30 PM
Section 61 M 2:30 - 5:00 PM	Section 02 T 4:00 - 6:30 PM
Section 62 M 6:00 - 8:30 PM

_{Lab meets the first week!!!

           A. Attend the in-person lab at your scheduled time

           B. Bring your prepared laboratory notebook


1. Notebook must be bound and ruled



Gridline is preferred but college ruled will work


See Picture at right.


2. Print out the official table of contents

and neatly glue onto page
one of your notebook.}
        FAQ's:

   1. Will spiral bound lab notebooks be okay?      NO

   2. Can I write in my notebook using a pencil? NO ... only PEN is used in the notebook.

   3. What do I record in my notebook?    All course procedures, observations, data and lab notes.

   4. Will the lab notebooks be graded?    YES

   5. Can I perform experiments without my notebook? NO

     6. Does lab meet during week 1?    YES