Dedication;
Preface;
Who This Book is For;
How This Book is Organized;
Acknowledgments;
Thank You;
Chapter 1: Introduction;
1.1 Maintaining a Laboratory Notebook;
Chapter 2: Laboratory Safety;
2.1 Laboratory Safety Rules We Recommend;
Chapter 3: Equipping a Home Chemistry Laboratory;
3.1 General Purpose Glassware and Plasticware;
3.2 Volumetric Glassware;
3.3 Microscale Equipment;
3.4 Recommended Laboratory Glassware;
3.5 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies;
3.6 Work Area;
Chapter 4: Chemicals for the Home Chemistry Lab;
4.1 Chemical Names;
4.2 Chemical Grades;
4.3 Chemical Risk Factors and Safety Advice;
4.4 Hazard Pictograms and Letter Symbols;
4.5 Safe Chemical Handling;
4.6 Chemicals Used in This Book;
Chapter 5: Mastering Laboratory Skills;
5.1 Measurement Resolution and Significant Figures;
5.2 Handling Chemicals Properly;
5.3 Using a Balance;
5.4 Measuring Liquids by Volume;
5.5 Filtration;
5.6 Separations;
5.7 Using Heat Sources;
5.8 Working with Glass Tubing;
5.9 Cleaning Glassware;
Chapter 6: Laboratory: Separating Mixtures;
6.1 Laboratory 6.1: Differential Solubility: Separate Sand and Sucrose;
6.2 Laboratory 6.2: Distillation: Purify ethanol;
6.3 Laboratory 6.3: Recrystallization: Purify Copper Sulfate;
6.4 Laboratory 6.4: Solvent Extraction;
6.5 Laboratory 6.5: Chromatography: Two-Phase Separation of Mixtures;
6.6 Laboratory 6.6: Determine the Formula of a Hydrate;
Chapter 7: Laboratory: Solubility and Solutions;
7.1 Laboratory 7.1: Make Up a Molar Solution of a Solid Chemical;
7.2 Laboratory 7.2: Make Up a Molal Solution of a Solid Chemical;
7.3 Laboratory 7.3: Make Up a Molar Solution of a Liquid Chemical;
7.4 Laboratory 7.4: Make Up a Mass-to-Volume Percentage Solution;
7.5 Laboratory 7.5: Determine Concentration of a Solution by Visual Colorimetry;
Chapter 8: Laboratory: Colligative Properties of Solutions;
8.1 Laboratory 8.1: Determine Molar Mass by Boiling Point Elevation;
8.2 Laboratory 8.2: Determine Molar Mass by Freezing Point Depression;
8.3 Laboratory 8.3: Observe the Effects of Osmotic Pressure;
Chapter 9: Laboratory: Introduction to Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry;
9.1 Laboratory 9.1: Observe a Composition Reaction;
9.2 Laboratory 9.2: Observe a Decomposition Reaction;
9.3 Laboratory 9.3: Observe a Single Displacement Reaction;
9.4 Laboratory 9.4: Stoichiometry of a Double Displacement Reaction;
Chapter 10: Laboratory: Reduction-Oxidation (Redox) Reactions;
10.1 Laboratory 10.1: Reduction of copper ore to copper metal;
10.2 Laboratory 10.2: Observe the Oxidation States of Manganese;
Chapter 11: Laboratory: Acid-Base Chemistry;
11.1 Laboratory 11.1: Determine the Effect of Concentration on PH;
11.2 Laboratory 11.2: Determine the pH of Aqueous Salt Solutions;
11.3 Laboratory 11.3: Observe the Characteristics of a Buffer Solution;
11.4 Laboratory 11.4: Standardize a Hydrochloric Acid Solution by Titration;
Chapter 12: Laboratory: Chemical Kinetics;
12.1 Laboratory 12.1: Determine the Effect of Temperature on Reaction Rate;
12.2 Laboratory 12.2: Determine the Effect of Surface Area on Reaction Rate;
12.3 Laboratory 12.3: Determine the Effect of Concentration on Reaction Rate;
12.4 Laboratory 12.4: Determine the Effect of a Catalyst on Reaction Rate;
Chapter 13: Laboratory: Chemical Equilibrium and Le Chatelier's Principle;
13.1 Laboratory 13.1: Observe Le Chatelier's Principle in Action;
13.2 Laboratory 13.2: Quantify the Common Ion Effect;
13.3 Laboratory 13.3: Determine a Solubility Product Constant;
Chapter 14: Laboratory: Gas Chemistry;
14.1 Laboratory 14.1: Observe the Volume-Pressure Relationship of Gases (Boyle's Law);
14.2 Laboratory 14.2: Observe the Volume-Temperature Relationship of Gases (Charles' Law);
14.3 Laboratory 14.3: Observe the Pressure-Temperature Relationship of Gases (Gay-Lussac's Law);
14.4 Laboratory 14.4: Use the Ideal Gas Law to Determine the Percentage of Acetic Acid in Vinegar;
14.5 Laboratory 14.5: Determine Molar Mass from Vapor Density;
Chapter 15: Laboratory: Thermochemistry and Calorimetry;
15.1 Laboratory 15.1: Determine Heat of Solution;
15.2 Laboratory 15.2: Determine the Heat of Fusion of Ice;
15.3 Laboratory 15.3: Determine the Specific Heat of a Metal;
15.4 Laboratory 15.4: Determine the Enthalpy Change of a Reaction;
Chapter 16: Laboratory: Electrochemistry;
16.1 Laboratory 16.1: Produce Hydrogen and Oxygen by Electrolysis of Water;
16.2 Laboratory 16.2: Observe the Electrochemical Oxidation of Iron;
16.3 Laboratory 16.3: Measure Electrode Potentials;
16.4 Laboratory 16.4: Observe Energy Transformation (Voltage and Current);
16.5 Laboratory 16.5: Build a Voltaic Cell with Two Half-Cells;
16.6 Laboratory 16.6: Build a Battery;
Chapter 17: Laboratory: Photochemistry;
17.1 Laboratory 17.1: Photochemical Reaction of Iodine and Oxalate;
Chapter 18: Laboratory: Colloids and Suspensions;
18.1 Laboratory 18.1 Observe Some Properties of Colloids and Suspensions;
18.2 Laboratory 18.2: Produce Firefighting Foam;
18.3 Laboratory 18.3: Prepare a Gelled Sol;
Chapter 19: Laboratory: Qualitative Analysis;
19.1 Laboratory 19.1: Use Flame Tests to Discriminate Metal Ions;
19.2 Laboratory 19.2: Use Borax Bead Tests to Discriminate Metal Ions;
19.3 Laboratory 19.3: Qualitative Analysis of Inorganic Anions;
19.4 Laboratory 19.4: Qualitative Analysis of Inorganic Cations;
19.5 Laboratory 19.5: Qualitative Analysis of Bone;
Chapter 20: Laboratory: Quantitative Analysis;
20.1 Laboratory 20.1: Quantitative Analysis of Vitamin C by Acid-Base Titration;
20.2 Laboratory 20.2: Quantitative Analysis of Chlorine Bleach by Redox Titration;
20.3 Laboratory 20.3: Quantitative Anion Analysis of Seawater;
Chapter 21: Laboratory: Synthesis of Useful Compounds;
21.1 Laboratory 21.1: Synthesize Methyl Salicylate From Aspirin;
21.2 Laboratory 21.2: Produce Rayon Fiber;
Chapter 22: Laboratory: Forensic Chemistry;
22.1 Laboratory 22.1: Use the Sherlock Holmes Test to Detect Blood;
22.2 Laboratory 22.2: Perform a Presumptive Test for Illicit Drugs;
22.3 Laboratory 22.3: Reveal Latent Fingerprints;
22.4 Laboratory 22.4: Perform the Marsh Test;