Faculty Resources

Laboratory Skills: Getting Acquainted with the Chemistry Lab

• 16-7 Acid in the Eye

Chemical and Physical Properties of Metals

• 18-1 Bimetallic Strip
• 18-2 Ball and Ring
• 7-4 The Elements
• 6-3 The Specific Heat of Four Metals
• 7-2 Alkali Metal Properties
• 7-3 Alkaline Earth Metals
• 1-1 Denisity Demonstrations

Did the Aspartame in my Diet Soda Decompose?

• 2-1 Paper Chromatography

Synthesis of Soap

• 15-8 Soap Scum
• 15-9 The Effectiveness of Soap vs. Water on Grease Removal
• 15-10 Emulsification

What is the Shape of the Molecule?

• 9-1 Molecular Geometry and Geometric Isomers
• 9-2 Molecular Model Sets and Molecular Models

What is in the Water?

• 3-2 Conductivity of Solutions and Molten Salts
• 19-5 The Combustion of Gummy Bears (with metal salts)
• 10-14 Hydrogen Balloon Explosions (with metal salts)
• 7-13 Flames Tests

Relationships Between Amounts of Reactant and Amounts of Product

• 4-1 Balancing Chemical Reactions
• 4-2 Methane/Oxygen Explosions
• 4-3 Combustion of Methanol
• 4-4 Limiting Reagent

How Much Acetic Acid is in Vinegar?

• 16-2 Measurements of pH Using a pH Meter

Check in, Safety, and Laboratory Skills

• 16-7 Acid in the Eye

Percent Volume of Alcohol in Wine

• 15-2 Solubility of Alcohol

Atomic Spectra

• 7-6 Rare Gases
• 7-10 Atomic Orbital Models
• 7-11 Atomic Spectra
• 7-12 Emission Spectrometry
• 7-13 Flames Tests
• 10-14 Hydrogen Balloon Explosions (with metal salts)
• 19-5 The Combustion of Gummy Bears (with metal salts)

Forensic Chemistry: Determination of Blood Alcohol

• 15-2 Solubility of Alcohol

Molecular Geometries

• 9-1 Molecular Geometry and Geometric Isomers
• 9-2 Molecular Model Sets and Molecular Models

Determination of Water Hardness

• 15-8 Soap Scum

Heat Storage of Solar Heating

• 6-1 Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
• 15-1 The Heat of Solution

Analysis of the Chemical Components of Milk

• 15-4 The Tyndall Effect (using milky water and laser pointer)
• 16-7 Acid in the Eye

Iodine Clock Kinetics

• 13-3 Hydrogen Peroxide Iodine Clock (similar)

Hot Pack/Cold Pack

• 6-1 Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
• 15-1 The Heat of Solution

Check in, Safety, and Laboratory Skills

• 16-7 Acid in the Eye

Preparation of a Silicone Polymer

• 12-7 Polymers
• 12-4 Nylon 6-10
• 16-7 Acid in the Eye

Synthesis of Zeolite A

• 15-8 Soap Scum

Hot Pack/Cold Pack

• 6-1 Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
• 15-1 The Heat of Solution

Galvanic Cells

• 19-1 Be a Battery
• 19-9 Zinc-Copper Battery

Radioactive Decay

• 20-1 Radioactivity