Standard syllabus
Chemistry laboratory techniques · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the Chemistry laboratory techniques syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Laboratory safety and ethics
- Chemical hygiene plan and OSHA laboratory standards — Chemical hygiene plan and OSHA laboratory standards
- Safety data sheets (SDS) and hazard pictograms — Safety data sheets (SDS) and hazard pictograms
- Personal protective equipment: goggles, gloves, lab coats — Personal protective equipment: goggles, gloves, lab coats
- Fume hood use and ventilation principles — Fume hood use and ventilation principles
- Chemical storage and incompatible materials — Chemical storage and incompatible materials
Measurement and quantitative techniques
- Significant figures and uncertainty in measurements — Significant figures and uncertainty in measurements
- Analytical balance and weighing techniques — Analytical balance and weighing techniques
- Volumetric glassware: pipettes, burets, volumetric flasks — Volumetric glassware: pipettes, burets, volumetric flasks
- Calibration of thermometers and pH meters — Calibration of thermometers and pH meters
- Preparation of standard solutions — Preparation of standard solutions
Synthesis and separation techniques
- Reflux and distillation setups — Reflux and distillation setups
- Recrystallization and melting point determination — Recrystallization and melting point determination
- Extraction and separatory funnel technique — Extraction and separatory funnel technique
- Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) — Thin-layer chromatography (TLC)
- Column chromatography for purification — Column chromatography for purification
Instrumental and analytical methods
- UV-Vis spectrophotometry operation — UV-Vis spectrophotometry operation
- FTIR sample preparation and spectral acquisition — FTIR sample preparation and spectral acquisition
- ¹H NMR sample preparation (where available) — ¹H NMR sample preparation (where available)
- pH meter calibration and buffer preparation — pH meter calibration and buffer preparation
- Gas chromatography sample injection (intro) — Gas chromatography sample injection (intro)
What each unit includes
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- Study guide
- Exam Strategy
- Common Mistakes
- Worksheets
- Word problems
- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
Study units
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- Laboratory safety and ethics
Chemical hygiene plan and OSHA laboratory standards
Coming soon - Measurement and quantitative techniques
Significant figures and uncertainty in measurements
Coming soon - Synthesis and separation techniques
Reflux and distillation setups
Coming soon - Instrumental and analytical methods
UV-Vis spectrophotometry operation
Coming soon
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