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General Chemistry I laboratory · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the General Chemistry I laboratory syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Lab orientation and chemical hygiene
- OSHA lab standard awareness and course safety contract — OSHA lab standard awareness and course safety contract
- PPE, SDS, and waste streams for gen-chem reagents — PPE, SDS, and waste streams for gen-chem reagents
- Notebook standards: purpose, data, analysis, conclusion — Notebook standards: purpose, data, analysis, conclusion
- Significant figures from common teaching-lab instruments — Significant figures from common teaching-lab instruments
- Academic integrity in shared data and reports — Academic integrity in shared data and reports
Measurement, calibration, and glassware
- Analytical balance technique and weighing by difference — Analytical balance technique and weighing by difference
- Volumetric flask, pipette, and buret practice — Volumetric flask, pipette, and buret practice
- Density determinations for solids and liquids — Density determinations for solids and liquids
- Calibration checks and instrument limitations — Calibration checks and instrument limitations
- Graphing with units, uncertainty, and trendlines — Graphing with units, uncertainty, and trendlines
Stoichiometry and reaction stoichiometry labs
- Synthesis with limiting-reactant determination — Synthesis with limiting-reactant determination
- Percent yield and sources of product loss — Percent yield and sources of product loss
- Precipitation and gravimetric factors (intro) — Precipitation and gravimetric factors (intro)
- Titration stoichiometry for simple acid–base pairs — Titration stoichiometry for simple acid–base pairs
- Connecting mole maps to measured masses — Connecting mole maps to measured masses
Thermochemistry and calorimetry
- Coffee-cup calorimetry for solution and reaction heats — Coffee-cup calorimetry for solution and reaction heats
- Heat capacity and energy unit conversions in lab context — Heat capacity and energy unit conversions in lab context
- Hess’s-law verification with linked experiments (as scheduled) — Hess’s-law verification with linked experiments (as scheduled)
- Error analysis for heat loss to surroundings — Error analysis for heat loss to surroundings
- Relating q_lab to ΔH under constant-pressure assumptions — Relating q_lab to ΔH under constant-pressure assumptions
Atomic structure and spectroscopy (intro)
- Flame tests and line spectra observations — Flame tests and line spectra observations
- Emission vs absorption language from lab evidence — Emission vs absorption language from lab evidence
- Beer’s law calibration with a colored solution — Beer’s law calibration with a colored solution
- Unknown concentration from a standard curve — Unknown concentration from a standard curve
- Discuss quantum ideas only as supported by observations — Discuss quantum ideas only as supported by observations
Bonding, geometry, and polarity labs
- Model kits / VSEPR geometry from formulas — Model kits / VSEPR geometry from formulas
- Solubility and miscibility as polarity evidence — Solubility and miscibility as polarity evidence
- Chromatography of inks or dyes (IMF connections) — Chromatography of inks or dyes (IMF connections)
- Molecular polarity predictions vs solubility outcomes — Molecular polarity predictions vs solubility outcomes
- Formal lab write-up: claim–evidence–reasoning — Formal lab write-up: claim–evidence–reasoning
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- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
Study units
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- Lab orientation and chemical hygiene
OSHA lab standard awareness and course safety contract
Coming soon - Measurement, calibration, and glassware
Analytical balance technique and weighing by difference
Coming soon - Stoichiometry and reaction stoichiometry labs
Synthesis with limiting-reactant determination
Coming soon - Thermochemistry and calorimetry
Coffee-cup calorimetry for solution and reaction heats
Coming soon - Atomic structure and spectroscopy (intro)
Flame tests and line spectra observations
Coming soon - Bonding, geometry, and polarity labs
Model kits / VSEPR geometry from formulas
Coming soon
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