Chemistry: A Molecular Approach, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (January 4, 2019) © 2020

  • Nivaldo J. Tro Santa Barbara City College
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  • A print edition

Title overview

Laboratory Manual for Chemistry: A Molecular Approach corresponds to Nivaldo J. Tro's Chemistry: A Molecular Approach in a conversational tone. Each experiment covers topics from chapters in the text to help you understand concepts covered in lecture in an interesting way. The experiments contain pre-lab questions, an introduction, a step-by-step procedure and a report section with post-lab questions.

The 5th Edition contains 29 experiments with features covering laboratory safety rules, an overview on general techniques and equipment, and a detailed tutorial on graphing data in Excel.

Table of contents

  • General Laboratory and Safety Rules
  • General Laboratory Equipment and Procedures
  • Graphing Data Using Excel®

Experiments

  • 1. Laboratory Basics: Accuracy and Precision–Who’s the Shooting Champion?
  • 2. Components of a Mixture–What Is That Stuff in the Bottom of the Cereal Box?
  • 3. Cathode Ray Tubes, Millikin Oil Drop, and Avogadro’s Number
  • 4. Conservation of Mass and Reaction Types: Copper Recovery Cycle
  • 5. Equivalent Weights and the Periodic Table
  • 6. Hydrates
  • 7. Gas Laws
  • 8. Styrofoam™ Cup Calorimetry: Atomic Weights
  • 9. Chemiluminescence: Glow Stick in a Beaker
  • 10. Atomic Spectra
  • 11. Reactivity of Group 1 Metals: Yes, Mom, I Threw Sodium into Water in Class Today, Optional: Determining the Amount of Alkali Metals Used
  • 12. Flame Tests: Flames and Smoke Bombs
  • 13. VSEPR and Molecular Models
  • 14. Simulating the Shroud of Turin: An Inquiry-Based Experiment
  • 15A. Observe the Rainbow: Paper Chromatography
  • 15B. Chemical Oil Dispersants
  • 16. Sublimation
  • 17. Closest Packed Structures
  • 18. Colligative Properties: Freezing Point Depression
  • 19A. Diet Coke® and Mentos®: An Inquiry-Based Experiment
  • 19B. Kinetics: Testing for Semen–Acid Phosphatase
  • 19C. Kinetics: Activation Energy
  • 20. Equilibrium Constant and Le Châtelier’s Principle: CoCl2
  • 21. Far from Equilibrium: Creating Life in a Beaker
  • 22. Acid—Base Titration
  • 23. Determining the Buffer Capacity of Antacids
  • 24. Entropy: The Chelate Effect
  • 25. Redox Reactions: Detecting Traces of Blood
  • 26. Radioactivity
  • 27. Qualitative Analysis
  • 27A. Group I Cations
  • 27B. Group II Cations: “I Love the Smell of Hydrogen Sulfide–It Smells Like Victory”
  • 27C. Piltdown Man and Scientific Ethics
  • 27D. Group IV Cations
  • 27E. Anions

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