Stephen F. Austin State University
CHEM 1105 Online Lab Manual
Data Tables and Post-lab Questions
1st Edition
Compiled and authored by:
Catherine Kwiatkowski
SFA Chemistry and Biochemistry Dept.
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
,CHEM1305 General Chemistry I Lab Manual
Table of Contents:
Safety and an Introduction to Chemistry lab … pg 2
Significant Figures Exercise … pg 5
VCL 3-1 and 3-10 … pg 8
VCL 3-3 and 3-7 … pg 10
VCL 2-7 and 2-9 … pg 13
Hands-on Activities for SR and Gas Evolution Rxns; VCL 2-4 … pg 14
VCL 1-8 … pg 17
PhET Lab … pg 18
VCL 2-13 and 6-15 … pg 20
VCL 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3 … pg 22
Hands-on Activity for Ideal Gas Law … pg 25
, CHEM1305 General Chemistry I Lab Manual
Safety and an Introduction to Chemistry Lab
_________________________________________________________
Prelab (from video) This may be a quiz or a worksheet. Consult your instructor.
1. Always use (small/large) containers that you can control easily.
2. Read the instructions all the way through before doing anything. Should you
only read a label once?______
3. Do you add acid to water, or water to acid?
______________________________
4. Describe how to smell chemicals safely:
5. Use clean glassware to prevent _________________________ of the
chemicals. Also, never pour anything back into the reagent bottle.
6. Where do you dispose of extra chemicals?
7. Large spills can be absorbed by absorbents like _______________
_____________. Let instructor handle large spills.
8. Organic chemicals give off flammable vapors. They should never be heated
with a(n) _______________ _______________.
9. What do you do if you see cracks in the Bunsen burner’s hose?
10.What color should the flame be?
11.Test tubes are best heated in a ______________ ___________ so that heat
is evenly distributed and the contents of the tube won’t boil over. If heated
directly over the flame, be careful that the open end isn’t pointed at
another person.
12.Do you need to shake a lab thermometer?
13.Who cleans up a broken thermometer?
14.How can you prevent a centrifuge from vibrating too violently?
CHEM 1105 Online Lab Manual
Data Tables and Post-lab Questions
1st Edition
Compiled and authored by:
Catherine Kwiatkowski
SFA Chemistry and Biochemistry Dept.
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
,CHEM1305 General Chemistry I Lab Manual
Table of Contents:
Safety and an Introduction to Chemistry lab … pg 2
Significant Figures Exercise … pg 5
VCL 3-1 and 3-10 … pg 8
VCL 3-3 and 3-7 … pg 10
VCL 2-7 and 2-9 … pg 13
Hands-on Activities for SR and Gas Evolution Rxns; VCL 2-4 … pg 14
VCL 1-8 … pg 17
PhET Lab … pg 18
VCL 2-13 and 6-15 … pg 20
VCL 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3 … pg 22
Hands-on Activity for Ideal Gas Law … pg 25
, CHEM1305 General Chemistry I Lab Manual
Safety and an Introduction to Chemistry Lab
_________________________________________________________
Prelab (from video) This may be a quiz or a worksheet. Consult your instructor.
1. Always use (small/large) containers that you can control easily.
2. Read the instructions all the way through before doing anything. Should you
only read a label once?______
3. Do you add acid to water, or water to acid?
______________________________
4. Describe how to smell chemicals safely:
5. Use clean glassware to prevent _________________________ of the
chemicals. Also, never pour anything back into the reagent bottle.
6. Where do you dispose of extra chemicals?
7. Large spills can be absorbed by absorbents like _______________
_____________. Let instructor handle large spills.
8. Organic chemicals give off flammable vapors. They should never be heated
with a(n) _______________ _______________.
9. What do you do if you see cracks in the Bunsen burner’s hose?
10.What color should the flame be?
11.Test tubes are best heated in a ______________ ___________ so that heat
is evenly distributed and the contents of the tube won’t boil over. If heated
directly over the flame, be careful that the open end isn’t pointed at
another person.
12.Do you need to shake a lab thermometer?
13.Who cleans up a broken thermometer?
14.How can you prevent a centrifuge from vibrating too violently?
