CHM 122 Lab (and Holiday) Schedule, Fall 2011
(Hypothetical Topic/Exam schedule for Mines class provided for reference only)
MAKE SURE TO READ THE “INSTRUCTOR NOTES” (at my OCC URL) FOR HELPFUL
COMMENTS AND VARIATIONS FROM THE PUBLISHED PROCEDURES
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Dates
(MWF)
22, AUG
24
26
29
31
2, SEPT
5
7
9
12
14
16
19
21
23
26
28
30
3, OCT
5
7
10
12
14
17
19
21
24
26
28
31
2, NOV
4
7
9
11
14
16
18
21
23
25
28
30
2, DEC
5
7
9
12
14 eval
Holidays*
Topics/Reading
Laboratory
(bold = College Closed)
(Ramadan began at sundown on
or about August 1st [i.e.,
before semester begins])
(Ramadan ends [Eid at Fitr begins]
at sundown on or about August 30
and the Eid holiday lasts 3 days)
Labor Day (Sept. 5)
Chemical Kinetics (Ch. 13)
Ch. 13 (cont.)
Chemical Equilibrium
(Ch. 14)
Ch. 14 (cont.)
(+ Review)
Exam 1. And begin
Acids and Bases
(Ch. 15)
(Rosh Hashanah, sundown on 28th
to sundown on 30th;)
(Yom Kippur, sundown on 7th to
sundown on 8th)
Finish Ch. 15
(& begin Ch. 16)
Aqueous Ionic Equilibrium
(Ch. 16)
Ch. 16 (cont.)
Free Energy and
Thermodynamics
(Ch. 17)
Exam 2, and begin
Electrochemistry
(Ch. 18)
Ch 18 (cont) & begin
Radioactivity and Nuclear
Chemistry (Ch. 19)
Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11)
Finish Ch 19 &
Exam 3
Transition Metals &
Coordination Compounds
(Ch. 24)
Thanksgiving (Nov. 24, 25)
Organic Chemistry
(Ch. 20, selected parts)
Finish Ch. 20, add a bit of
Biochem (not in text)
Check-In, Safety, Exp. 7. Analysis
of an Unknown Chloride
Exp. 20. Rates of Chemical
Reactions, I. The Iodination of
Acetone (A, B, & C only)
Exp. 21. Rates of Chemical
Reactions, II. (A & B only)
Exp. 23. Determination of the
Equilibrium Constant for a
Chemical Reaction (Eqn)
Exp. 36. Qualitative Analysis of
Group I Cations (& begin Ch. 15?)
Exp. 26. Determination of the
Solubility Product of PbI2
Exp. 25. pH Measurements—Buffers
and Their Properties (Parts B and C
only, if desired)
Acid-Base Titration Curve
(handout)
Exp. 38. Qualitative Analysis of
Group III Cations
Exp. 32. Voltaic Cell
Measurements
Exp. 31. Determination of an
Equivalent Mass by Electrolysis (&
finish Nuclear Chem?)
Exp. 33. Preparation of Copper(I)
Chloride
[122-001: no lab due
to Veteran’s Day]
Exp. 28. Determination of the
Hardness of Water
THANKSGIVING-no lab
Exp. 41. Synthesis of Aspirin (I
often omit the solubility tests and
the quantitative impurity test)
Exam 4 (and Review)
(my Exam 4 is shorter than
Exams 1, 2, & 3)
Evaluation Days are the 13th
and 14th)
Checkout, Info on Final Exam
Final Exam
* For other religious holidays, see http://www.oakton.edu/visitor/ReligiousCalendar.htm
click 2011 or other link on that web page if need be.)
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