Lab Notes for Chemistry 100
Spring 2008
Experiment 1 Measurement and Safety
Part a Length need (15) string and meter sticks to measure head as in Romer
Part b Temp. Need (15) thermometers and 250 ml beakers to measure temp.
Part c mass. Need set of numbered metal weights as in Chem 110
Part d volume Need 15 each of 2 sizes of plastic cup, 100ml and 10 ml graduated cylinder, and
4 inch test tubes .
Part e English/Metric. Need gram/ounce, liter/quart, and meter/yard display as in Romer
Experiment 2 Density (similar to Chemistry 105 density)
Locker Check-out
Density Experiment
Need 15 each Rocks, blocks, marbles, rubber stoppers
Need 15 rulers, 30 cm.
Experiment 3 Chemicals and their properties (similar to Chem. 110)
Magnesium ribbon (15) about 1 cm
CuSO4 and NaOH soln
Milk and Acetic acid
Water Electrolysis demo
Iodine sublimation demo Covered test tube of iodine, 250 ml beaker burner, ring, ring stand
CuSO4 distillation demo (only one setup)
Zinc and sulfur demo powdered zinc/ sulfur, wire gauze, burner, ring stand, ring
Sodium demo sodium 250 ml beaker
Samples of each to classify rock, carbon, windex, distilled water, copper, CuSO4 (aq)
CuSO4 (s), sucrose, sulfur (same as 110)
Samples of 10-15 elements to classify (same as 110)
Known and unknown samples of each of the following as in Chem. 110
NaCl, sucrose, baking powder, baking soda, citric acid, white flour, calcium carbonate, acetic acid
aluminum foil to cover wire gauze. Knowns in plastic vials and unknowns labeled plastic vial
with letters
Experiment 4 Kinetic Theory
Stations and demos similar to Chem. 105
3 set-ups for each station
Eye dropper and 2 liter bottle
Tray of water (1 inch) and a medicine vial and a syringe
Tray of water (1inch) a candle held up by clay and a 150 ml beaker
Boyle’s Law apparatus, 15 books of uniform size
Small hot plate, empty soda can, 1000 ml beaker, beaker tongs, cold water
Demo: Vacuum pump, bell jar, platform, vacuum hose 250 ml beaker, balloon, 8
inch test tube
Demo: 500 ml Erlenmeyer flask, balloon
Experiment 5 Energy
This is the “peanut lab” from chem. 110
Jar of peanuts
15 peanut platforms paperclip taped to stopper.
Experiment 6 Liquids solids water
Same as Chem. 105 solids and liquids and Chem 100 cracker, cotton, sand
Each station is set up twice
Station one: Drops on a penny: 2 beakers each with a dropper one beaker with distilled water
another with water and 3 drops of soap, 2 pennies
Station two: Boyle’s law apparatus noncompressibility of liquids 2 syringes with blocks one
apparatus is full of water.
Station three: Drops on a micro slide : 2 beakers each with a dropper one beaker with distilled
water another with water and 3 drops of soap, 6 micro slides
Station four: Floating a paper clip on water: 2 600 ml beakers of water one with just water the
other with 3 drops of soap and water metal paper clips
Station five: Food coloring in hot and cold water: dropper of food coloring, 2 250 ml beakers hot
plate big beaker tongs and 2 1000 ml beakers
Station six: Marbles in different liquids setup from Chem. 105 marble in water, glycerin, and
alcohol
Station seven: Dragging drops 2 beakers each with a dropper one beaker with distilled water
another with water and 3 drops of soap 2 sheets of wax paper about 5 in by 5 in.
Station eight: Observing Crystals samples of crystals from chem. 105
Hydration: jars/trays of sand, cotton, and crackers to test for the presence of water.
Experiment 7
This is the same as Solutions lab part 1 from Chem. 110
Dropper bottle of alcohol and cyclohexane
Bottle of Sierra Mist or 7-UP (clear soda)
Vials and trays of CuSO4 (s), CuCO3 (s) CaCO3 (s), CaCl2(s), CaNO3(s)
Demo: 250 ml beaker and dropper bottle of food coloring
Demo: 200 g of sugar and 2 150 ml beakers one burner ring and ring stand
Demo: NaCl (s), I2(s) dropper bottle of cyclohexane
Demo: NaOH(s) NH4OH (s) trays 2 250 mlErlenmeyer flasks 2 stirring rods
Demo: saturated, unsaturated, supersaturated
Experiment 8 Types of reactions
Experiment 9 Acids, Bases, and Buffers
Experiment 10 Reaction Rate
Same as Chem 112 Kineitcs Iodine clock reaction
Experiment 11 Models
Students check out models kit
Experiment 12 Soap and Polymers
Experiment 13 Properties of Organic Compounds
Experiment 14 Biochemistry
1 pint of whole milk not instant
250 ml methylene chloride
box of Pasteur pipetes
bromine solution test for saturation
glacial acetic acid
Biuret reagent
Benedict’s solution
iodine solution for starch test