General
Chemistry II Lab Syllabus
CHM
L143, Spring 2020
MSCX,
Room 306
Course Description:
This course will familiarize you with laboratory techniques and equipment
common to chemistry laboratories and reinforce concepts learned in lecture.
Co-requisite:
CHM 1143. If you drop lecture, you must also drop lab.
Sections: All Sections meet in 306 MSCX for Lab.
|
Section |
Day |
Time |
Instructor |
|
TSBA |
Tuesday |
8:00-10:50
AM |
C.
King |
|
TSBB |
Tuesday |
11:00-1:50
PM |
A.
Ghosh |
|
TSBC |
Tuesday |
2:00-4:50
PM |
C.
King |
|
TSBD |
Wednesday |
2:00-4:50
PM |
S.
Liu |
Contacts: Chemistry Office (MSCX, Room 315) Phone: 670-3408
1. Dr. Chris King:
Office: MSCX, Room 312H
Email: cking@troy.edu
Phone: 670-3576
2. Dr. Arun Ghosh:
Office: MSCX, Room 336
Email: aghosh@troy.edu Phone: 808-6758
3. Dr. Shaoyang
Liu:
Office: MSCX, Room 312C
Email: lius@troy.edu Phone: 808-6556
Required Materials:
1) Printed
Lab Handouts (see instruction on the next page)
2) Scientific
Calculator
3) Safety
goggles (you may rent safety googles in the labs from the Chemistry Club for $1
per week. Please make sure to pay off your rental, or an “Incomplete” grade
could be given for this course)
Laboratory Safety:
The chemistry lab can be a dangerous place if certain safety rules are not
followed. In light of this we will require each student abides by certain
safety policies and procedures when working in the chemistry lab. Failure to
comply with these procedures will result in the student being asked to leave
the laboratory and being assigned a “0” on the lab. You will be required to
wear departmental approved safety
goggles, long pants, and closed-toed shoes at all times when working in the
lab. This means that on lab days you must plan ahead to assure you will not be
in violation of laboratory dress-code.
Tentative Schedule
|
Date |
Lab
Title |
|
Jan.
14/15 |
Excel Graphing Lab – Meet in 311 Wallace |
|
Jan.
21/22 |
Spontaneity and Reversal of
Reactions |
|
Jan.
28/29 |
Molecular Geometry |
|
Feb.
4/5 |
Resonance Structures |
|
Feb.
11/12 |
Determination
of Absolute Zero on the Celsius Scale |
|
Feb.
18/19 |
Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid by
the Dumas Method |
|
Feb.
25/26 |
Molar Mass by Freezing Point
Depression |
|
Mar.
3/4 |
Spectroscopic Determination of
Aspirin |
|
Mar.
10/11 |
Spring Break
(No Labs) |
|
Mar.
17/18 |
Determining an Equilibrium
Constant |
|
Mar.
24/25 |
Le Châtelier’s
Principle |
|
Mar.
31/Apr. 1 |
Ka of a Weak Acid from pH Measurements |
|
Apr.
7/8 |
Buffers and Resistance to pH
Change |
|
Apr.
14/15 |
Makeup labs |
|
Apr.
21/22 |
Lab Finals |
|
Apr.
28/29 |
No Labs |
Grading: A: 90-100; B: 80-89; C:
70-79; D: 60-69
80% Lab reports & pre-lab assignments
20% Final Exam
You will lose one LETTER
grade for each lab that is missed. There is only one laboratory session for
each experiment, and make up labs cannot be scheduled.
Sharing your experimental data with other student (or group,
if working in groups), obtaining data not based on YOUR experiment, or faking
data are considered as CHEATING! All
the students involved will be assigned zeroes for that lab AND will lose one
LETTER grade for the course.
Pre-lab quiz will be
given at the beginning of the lab when applicable. The score of pre-lab quiz
will count 20% for the lab report score. The formal lab reports and especially
the graphical portions of the reports should be carefully prepared. They are
due at the end of lab.
Lab manual: The e-version of the lab manuals are provided online free of charge. You may download them
from the following website: https://christopherking.name/GenChemTwoLab/GenChemTwoLab.htm
However, to ensure the lab sections go smoothly, it is your responsibility to print the correct manual out before the lab starts. Make sure to
print them single-sided. Alternatively,
you may go to the secretary of Chemistry & Physics Department in MSCX 315
to purchase the manuals for $2 per lab before
the lab starts.
Posting of Grades: Grade
information will not be provided over the phone or via e-mail. If you
have any questions or concerns about your grade please feel free to come by in
person and we will discuss your grade in detail with you.
Firearms
Policy: Regardless and in spite of recent
changes in Alabama law related to the matter, it remains the policy of Troy University
that no person other than authorized law enforcement officers shall be
permitted to bring any firearm onto any campus, teaching, or service support
property, owned or leased by the University, no matter whether they hold a
permit to do so, or not. It has been
determined that it is the University’s prerogative to establish its policy
related to this question and therefore the current University policy on
firearms remains in effect.
Pregnancy:
Women who become pregnant must either a) take an incomplete and drop the lab,
or b) obtain a written statement from a doctor recommending that you be allowed
to complete the course. We will work with you on this.
Disabilities:
Troy University supports Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990, which insure that postsecondary students with
disabilities have equal access to all academic programs, physical access to all
buildings, facilities and events, and are not discriminated against on the
basis of disability. Eligible students, with appropriate documentation,
will be provided equal opportunity to demonstrate their academic skills and
potential through the provision of academic adaptations and reasonable
accommodations. Further information, including appropriate contact
information, can be found at the link for Troy University’s Office of Human
Resources at http://trojan.troy.edu/employees/humanresources/documents/ADAPolicy2003.htm