General Chemistry Experiments – Vassar College Contact Joe Tanski at jotanski@vassar.edu for inormation
Check-in, Synthesis and Anal. of a Cu Compound (UV-vis, gravimetric analysis, titrations) Molecular Models Molar Volume of Hydrogen (from Mg + HCl) Shifty Equilibrium (qualitative analysis, separation) pH titration and Buffers Electrochemistry Calorimetry (endothermic dissolution of NH4OAc, exothermic acid/base neutralization in a calibrated thermos) Kinetics (Iodine clock reaction)
General Chemistry Experiments – Marist College Contact Neil Fitzgerald at Neil.Fitzgerald@marist.edu
Weight of Penny Precision of Glassware Line Spectra (flame tests with hand held specs and a fiber optic spectrometer) Magnetochemistry (in house made computer experiment) Formula of an Inorganic Complex (varying ratios of color forming reagents to find the formula, uses visible spectrometers) Airbags (a student favorite, students calculate appropriate amounts of reagents to fill a ziplock full of gas without it bursting, an exercise in stoichiometry, limiting reagents and experimental design) Copper Cycle Titration of Vinegar Molecular Shapes (models and computer lab) Gas Behavior (ideal gas laws, uses pressure sensors to discover relationships between pressure, volume and temperature) Freezing Point Depression (phenyl salicylate and benzoic acid) Heats of reaction (study of effect of acid concentration and acid type on enthalpy change, coffee cup calorimeters) Heats of Reaction 2 (Heats of Combustion, computer experiment) Kinetics Par 1 (solution prep) Kinetic Part 2 (iodine clock)
Study of Reversible Reactions Part 1 (constructing calibrations curve for spectrometers) Study of Reversible Reactions Part 2 (determination of equilibrium constant for formation of FeSCN2+ with spectrometers) How Acidic is Cola? (pH titration) A Quantitative Study of Buffers (varying ratio and type of conjugate acid/ base pairs and measure effect on pH, students discover form of HH equation) Making a buffer (students are given a pH and attempt to make a buffer of the correct pH) Qualitative Analysis (traditional test tube, centrifuge qual analysis)
General Chemistry Experiments – SUNY New Paltz Contact Dan Freedman at freedmad@newpaltz.edu
The Densities of Liquids and Solids Determination of a Chemical Formula Mass or Moles? (the relationship between masses and moles of reactants and products is explored Reactions of Copper The Atomic Spectrum of Hydrogen Light and Color (a discovery-type experiment in which the relationship between the color of and object and the wavelength of light it absorbs/emits is explored). Spectrophotometric Analysis (determination of the formula of a copper complex by visible spectroscopy) The Geometrical Structure of Molecules - An Experiment Using Molecular Models The Alkaline Earths and the Halogens – Two Families in the Periodic Table (an exploration of periodic properties by qualitative observations of redox and precipitation reactions). The Gas Laws (discover-type experiment for looking at relations between T,P. and V). Analysis of an Aluminum-Zinc Alloy Heat Effects and Calorimetry Molar Mass Determination by Freezing Point Depression Properties of Solutions and Classification of Chemical Substances Determination of the Equilibrium Constant for a Chemical Reaction Properties of Systems in Chemical Equilibrium Household Acids/Bases + Acid Rain
The Standardization of a Basic Solution and the Determination of the Molar Mass of an Acid Determination of Acetic Acid in Vinegar pH Measurements – Buffers and Their Properties Voltaic Cell Measurements t Synthesis and Analysis of a Coordination Compound Synthesis of Aspirin Rate Studies on the Decomposition of Aspirin
General Chemistry Experiments – Organge County CC Contact Tim MacMahon at tmacmaho@sunyorange.edu
Measurements, metric-metric, metric-English conversions Aluminum cans and atoms, conversions involving the size of an aluminum can relative to a metric ton and then relating this to the packing in an aluminum atom Density of water and a hollow aluminum tube by 3 different methods Stiochiometry, practice with reactions and empirical formula calculations Nomenclature Concentrations of solutions, grape juice solutions Solubility of KClO3 Determination of the molecular mass of CO2. Periodic table, quantum numbers, and electronic configurations Heat capacity lab, measurement of the specific heat of a metal, heat of solution on NaOH and heat of fusion for ice. Determination of the molecular mass of a volatile liquid Determination of the molecular mass of canola oil through the freezing point depression of stearic acid Equilibrium constant determination for Fe+3 + SCN-1 to FeSCN+2 Equilibrium worksheet Titration of NaOH Titration of two different types of vinegar Titration of fruit juice Titration of Hot and Cold Seltzer Buffers and Buffer Capacity
Solubility of MgSO4, NaCl and NaHCO3 in water determination of Ksp Solubility of Ca(OH)2 and Mg(OH)2 in water determination of Ksp. Determination of enthalpy, entropy and the boiling temperature of water. Kinetics graphing lab Determination of the half life of metastable 137Ba