• to introduce basic chemical techniques that are commonly used in a laboratory setting
• to increase skills in following directions, making observations and recording data accurately
• to encourage the independent processing of raw data
• to promote an appropriate style for scientific writing
• to establish a degree of familiarity with working in a laboratory setting

Senior Lab Instructor:

Ms. Monica Reimer

dragon@uvic.ca

office: Elliott 228
phone: 250- 721- 7194

Duration of course: May 1- August 7, 2013

Location of Labs: Elliott 253

Schedule of Labs: See USource

Lab write-up due dates:

For Wednesday labs, 11:00am, the Monday following the performance of the experiment.

For Thursday labs, 11:00am, the Tuesday following the performance of the experiment.

No reports that are due will be accepted after 3:30 p.m. on the 6th day following the laboratory period in which the experiment was carrried out.

Material Needs:

Manual: Laboratory Manual Chemistry 101, Summer 2013 available in University Bookstore

Safety Glasses: Supplied in the laboratory

Notebook: Hayden McNeil student lab notebook with 70 carbonless copy sets, available University Bookstore

Student Evaluation:

Student performance is assessed continuously on the basis of: pre-lab quizzes, quality of personal and technical performance in the laboratory and quality of laboratory reports. There will also be assessments of practical skills, notebook documentation and preparedness.

A passing mark (50%) must be attained in the laboratory and 70% of the experiments must be completed and graded in order to pass the lab. The laboratory component will contribute 33% to the course mark.

Lab Schedule:

Click on experiment to get the marks summary.

Experiment 2

Density of 0.2 M HCl is 1.005 g/mL

Experiment 3

experimental value / advertised value x 100% =