Catalog Description: This course is designed to illustrate and explain the principles covered in CHEM 114.

Corequisite: CHEM 114. Offered in the Spring semester. One semester; one credit.

Prerequisites by Topic: Same as for CHEM 114 lecture; algebra (solving for exponents); use of graphing calculator.

Goals: Same as for CHEM 114; development of laboratory techniques, including the use of the spectrophotometer, pH meter, burette, and centrifuge. It is also hoped that students will relate the abstract principles covered in the lecture to the physical realities encountered in the laboratory.

Textbook: PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY IN THE LABORATORY (1998 Edition) by William J. Busler; Christian Brothers University.

Spot Tests for Common Anions

Determination of an Equilibrium Constant

Qualitative Analysis of Group I Cations

Determination of the Equivalent Mass of a Solid Acid

pH and Buffers

The Alkaline Earths and the Halogens

Kinetics and Activation Energy for the Iodination of Acetone

Breakage Deposit: A breakage deposit of $25.00 must be paid at the beginning of the semester. This deposit, minus deductions for breakage, will be refunded after the last chemistry lab course at CBU.

Keys: All students are issued keys to their laboratory desks. There will be a charge of $1.00 for opening a desk; a charge of $5.00 will be assessed for losing a key.

Checkout: Students must check out of the laboratory on the appointed day at the end of the semester. Any student who fails to do so will be charged $1.00 per day until the breakage deposit has been used up.

Laboratory Safety and Conduct: It is the firm policy of the CBU Chemistry Department that safety glasses be worn at all times in the laboratory. Contact lenses may not be worn in the lab.

Attendance and punctuality are required.

Graded assignments include seven advance study assignments, seven lab reports, and a comprehensive final examination.