Courses Detail Information

CHEM2110J – Chemistry Laboratory

Instructors:

Ting Sun;Thomas Hamade

Credits: 1 credit

Pre-requisites: CHEM2100J Obtained Credit||CHEM2090J Obtained Credit

Description:

Chemistry??Laboratory??is??to??foster??critical??thinking??that??allows??students??to??design,??perform,??and??interpret??experiments.??In??addition,??the??student??acquires??technical??skills??that??are??required??for??further??advancement??in??experimental??sciences.??An??ability??to??collect??and??analyze??data??is??developed,??so??the??emphasis??of??the??course??is??to??provide??a??quantitative??as??well??as??a??qualitative??understanding??of??the??basic??concepts??of??chemistry.??This??is??accomplished??by??demonstrating??that??chemical??principles??are??derived??from??experimental??data.??The??goal??is??to??provide??students??both??with??a??more??accurate??picture??of??the??scientific??process??and??also??with??skills??that??are??relevant??to??solving??real??life??problems.

Course Topics:

1. Lab safety (Orientation lecture and lab tour)
2. Acids and bases. (E1)
3. Properties of buffers. (E2)
4. Spectrophotometric analysis. (E3)
5. Introduction to kinetics and determining the rate law. (E4)
6. Precipitation and water purity. (E5)
7. Determine the content of Ca in a commercial product. (Design report)
8. Present and discuss experimental work. (Final presentation)