Please check your syllabus for scheduled lab dates

• SDS – use to find chemical safety hazards and physical properties
• NIST Chemical Search – use to find chemical structures and spectra

All students must complete online Lab Safety Training.  See your Canvas site for the Lab Safety Quiz.

See here for guidelines on how to write postlabs and lab reports: Postlab and lab report guidelines

Laboratory Activities		Relevant Links
Melting Point		ChemSurvival: FPD Theory
		short, but poor sound
		IVC – long, but in depth and good
Recrystallization		Principles of recrystallization from ChemSurvival
		MIT
		SciVis
		IVC – vacuum filtration
Acid-Base Properties and Solubility
Extraction		Principles of Extraction from ChemSurvival
		MIT
		SciVis – Part I
		SciVis – Part II
Thin Layer Chromatography		U of Guelph – very similar to our lab
		ChemSurvival: TLC Theory
Simple Distillation		Principles of Simple Distillation from ChemSurvival
		SciVis
		CalTech – RI magic
		SCC refractometer demo
		Refractive Index background
Fractional Distillation		Principles of Fractional Distillation from ChemSurvival
		SciVis
Gas Chromatography		Vernier Mini GC – Sample injection at 3 min, data analysis at 5 min.
Identification of an Unknown
Substitution		How to set up a Mole Table
Dehydration of an Alcohol