CHOWAN UNIVERSITY
CHEM 102 LAB (SPRING 2007)

(subject to change until the lab is given)
(The lab protocols from 1 through 9 were primarily devised
by Dr. Garth Faile of Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC, USA.)

WeekMain Topic
1
1/11
Crystallography and Steel
2
1/18
Measuring Interionic Distances
3
1/25
Effects of Concentration on the Physical Properties of Aqueous Solutions
4
2/01
Determining Molecular Weight
5
2/08
Chemical Kinetics - the Iodine Clock
6
2/15
Paperwork of previous lab
Inorganic Qualitative Analysis - 1 (the silver group)
7
2/22
Inorganic Qualitative Analysis - 2 (coordination complexes)
8
3/01
Solubility Product of Ca(IO3)2
9
3/08
Chemical Equilibrium using FeSCN (remember the Thermodynamic Shaker Box!)
10
3/22
Organic Synthesis: Essential Essencess
11
3/29
WW1 and Germany's Making Glycerin and Byproducts - I
(studying the properties of glycerol and acetaldehyde)
(setting up week-long reaction mixes)
12
4/05
Glycerin and Byproducts - II
(isolating glycerol and soap from the saponification of fat)
13
4/12
Fermentation Products and Byproducts - III
14
4/19
Strawberry DNA and some of its properties
15
4/26
HELP SESSIONS FOR FINAL EXAM
and last regular lecture test
led by Dr. Faile