Chemical Principles in the Laboratory 13th edition

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Emil J. Slowinski, Wayne C. Wolsey, and Robert C. Rossi
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter LS: Lab Skills
    • LS.1: Safety
    • LS.2: Report Writing
    • LS.3: Errors and Significant Figures
    • LS.4: Weighing
    • LS.5: Density Calculations
    • LS.6: Using Glassware
    • LS.7: Bunsen Burner
    • LS.8: Ice Baths and Water Baths
    • LS.9: Filtration
    • LS.10: Recrystallization
    • LS.11: Decantation
    • LS.12: Alternative Heating Methods
    • LS.13: Balancing Equations
    • LS.14: Mole Calculations
    • LS.15: Preparing Solutions
    • LS.16: Measuring pH
    • LS.17: Titration
    • LS.18: Electric Hot Plate and Stirring
    • LS.19: Digital Thermometer
    • LS.20: Pressure Measurement
    • LS.21: Ideal Gas Calculations
    • LS.22: Qualitative Tests
    • LS.23: Calorimetry and Enthalpy Change
    • LS.24: Melting Point Analysis
    • LS.25: Freezing Point Depression
    • LS.26: Kinetics Calculations
    • LS.27: Equilibria Calculations
    • LS.28: Spectroscopy (IR, NMR & UV)
    • LS.29: Yield Calculations
    • LS.30: Electrochemical Cells and Redox Reactions
    • LS.31: Centrifuge
    • LS.32: Sublimation
    • LS.33: Trapping Gases

  • Chapter CQ: Concept Questions
    • CQ: Concept Questions

  • Chapter SIM: PhET Simulation Activities
    • SIM.1: Beer's Law
    • SIM.2: Build a Molecule
    • SIM.3: Build an Atom
    • SIM.4: Concentration
    • SIM.5: Diffusion
    • SIM.6: Gas Properties
    • SIM.7: Isotopes and Atomic Mass
    • SIM.8: Molecule Polarity
    • SIM.9: Molecule Shapes
    • SIM.10: Molecules and Light
    • SIM.11: pH Scale
    • SIM.12: States of Matter

  • Chapter 1: Experiment 1: The Densities of Liquids and Solids
    • 1: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 2: Experiment 2: Resolving Matter into Pure Substances, 1. Paper Chromatography
    • 2: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 3: Experiment 3: Resolving Matter into Pure Substances, 2. Fractional Crystallization
    • 3: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 4: Experiment 4: Determining a Chemical Formula
    • 4: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 5: Experiment 5: Identifying a Compound by Mass Relationships
    • 5: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 6: Experiment 6: Properties of Hydrates
    • 6: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 7: Experiment 7: Analyzing an Unknown Chloride
    • 7: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 8: Experiment 8: Using the Ideal Gas Law—Atmospheric Pressure and the Absolute Zero of Temperature
    • 8: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 9: Experiment 9: Determining the Molar Mass of an Easily Vaporized Liquid Using the Ideal Gas Law
    • 9: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 10: Experiment 10: Analyzing an Aluminum–Zinc Alloy
    • 10: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 11: Experiment 11: The Atomic Spectrum of Hydrogen
    • 11: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 12: Experiment 12: Periodic Trends in the Alkaline Earth Metals (Group 2) and the Halogens (Group 17)
    • 12: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 13: Experiment 13: The Geometric Structure of Molecules—An Experiment Using Molecular Models
    • 13: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 14: Experiment 14: Heat Effects and Calorimetry
    • 14: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 15: Experiment 15: Vapor Pressure and Enthalpy of Vaporization
    • 15: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 16: Experiment 16: The Structure of Crystals—An Experiment Using Models
    • 16: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 17: Experiment 17: Classifying Chemical Substances
    • 17: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 18: Experiment 18: Some Nonmetals and Their Compounds—Preparations and Properties
    • 18: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 19: Experiment 19: Determining Molar Mass by Freezing Point Depression
    • 19: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 20: Experiment 20: Rates of Chemical Reactions, 1. The Iodination of Acetone
    • 20: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 21: Experiment 21: Rates of Chemical Reactions, 2. A Clock Reaction
    • 21: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 22: Experiment 22: Properties of Systems in Chemical Equilibrium—Le Châtelier's Principle
    • 22: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 23: Experiment 23: Determining the Equilibrium Constant for a Chemical Reaction
    • 23: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 24: Experiment 24: Standardizing a Basic Solution and Determining the Molar Mass of an Acid
    • 24: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 25: Experiment 25: pH Measurements—Buffers and Their Properties
    • 25: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 26: Experiment 26: Determining the Solubility Product of Ba(IO3)2
    • 26: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 27: Experiment 27: Relative Stabilities of Copper(II) Complex Ions and Precipitates
    • 27: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 28: Experiment 28: Determining the Hardness of Water
    • 28: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 29: Experiment 29: Making and Analyzing a Coordination Compound
    • 29: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 30: Experiment 30: Determining Iron by Reaction with Permanganate—A Redox Titration
    • 30: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 31: Experiment 31: Determining an Equivalent Mass by Electrolysis
    • 31: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 32: Experiment 32: Voltaic Cell Measurements
    • 32: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 33: Experiment 33: Making Copper(I) Chloride
    • 33: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 34: Experiment 34: Developing a Scheme for Qualitative Analysis
    • 34: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 35: Experiment 35: Spot Tests for Some Common Anions
    • 35: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 36: Experiment 36: Qualitative Analysis of Group I Cations
    • 36: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 37: Experiment 37: Qualitative Analysis of Group II Cations
    • 37: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 38: Experiment 38: Qualitative Analysis of Group III Cations
    • 38: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 39: Experiment 39: Identifying a Pure Ionic Solid
    • 39: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 40: Experiment 40: The Ten Test Tube Mystery
    • 40: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 41: Experiment 41: Making Aspirin
    • 41: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 42: Experiment 42: The Kinetics of Aspirin Decomposition
    • 42: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 43: Experiment 43: Analysis for Vitamin C
    • 43: Advanced Study Assignment

  • Chapter 44: Experiment 44: Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics
    • 44: Advanced Study Assignment

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Chapter 1: Experiment 1: The Densities of Liquids and Solids
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Chapter 2: Experiment 2: Resolving Matter into Pure Substances, 1. Paper Chromatography
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Chapter 3: Experiment 3: Resolving Matter into Pure Substances, 2. Fractional Crystallization
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Chapter 4: Experiment 4: Determining a Chemical Formula
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Chapter 5: Experiment 5: Identifying a Compound by Mass Relationships
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Chapter 6: Experiment 6: Properties of Hydrates
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Chapter 7: Experiment 7: Analyzing an Unknown Chloride
7 0  
Chapter 8: Experiment 8: Using the Ideal Gas Law—Atmospheric Pressure and the Absolute Zero of Temperature
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Chapter 9: Experiment 9: Determining the Molar Mass of an Easily Vaporized Liquid Using the Ideal Gas Law
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Chapter 10: Experiment 10: Analyzing an Aluminum–Zinc Alloy
10 0  
Chapter 11: Experiment 11: The Atomic Spectrum of Hydrogen
11 0  
Chapter 12: Experiment 12: Periodic Trends in the Alkaline Earth Metals (Group 2) and the Halogens (Group 17)
12 0  
Chapter 13: Experiment 13: The Geometric Structure of Molecules—An Experiment Using Molecular Models
13 0  
Chapter 14: Experiment 14: Heat Effects and Calorimetry
14 0  
Chapter 15: Experiment 15: Vapor Pressure and Enthalpy of Vaporization
15 0  
Chapter 16: Experiment 16: The Structure of Crystals—An Experiment Using Models
16 0  
Chapter 17: Experiment 17: Classifying Chemical Substances
17 0  
Chapter 18: Experiment 18: Some Nonmetals and Their Compounds—Preparations and Properties
18 0  
Chapter 19: Experiment 19: Determining Molar Mass by Freezing Point Depression
19 0  
Chapter 20: Experiment 20: Rates of Chemical Reactions, 1. The Iodination of Acetone
20 0  
Chapter 21: Experiment 21: Rates of Chemical Reactions, 2. A Clock Reaction
21 0  
Chapter 22: Experiment 22: Properties of Systems in Chemical Equilibrium—Le Châtelier's Principle
22 0  
Chapter 23: Experiment 23: Determining the Equilibrium Constant for a Chemical Reaction
23 0  
Chapter 24: Experiment 24: Standardizing a Basic Solution and Determining the Molar Mass of an Acid
24 0  
Chapter 25: Experiment 25: pH Measurements—Buffers and Their Properties
25 0  
Chapter 26: Experiment 26: Determining the Solubility Product of Ba(IO3)2
26 0  
Chapter 27: Experiment 27: Relative Stabilities of Copper(II) Complex Ions and Precipitates
27 0  
Chapter 28: Experiment 28: Determining the Hardness of Water
28 0  
Chapter 29: Experiment 29: Making and Analyzing a Coordination Compound
29 0  
Chapter 30: Experiment 30: Determining Iron by Reaction with Permanganate—A Redox Titration
30 0  
Chapter 31: Experiment 31: Determining an Equivalent Mass by Electrolysis
31 0  
Chapter 32: Experiment 32: Voltaic Cell Measurements
32 0  
Chapter 33: Experiment 33: Making Copper(I) Chloride
33 0  
Chapter 34: Experiment 34: Developing a Scheme for Qualitative Analysis
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Chapter 35: Experiment 35: Spot Tests for Some Common Anions
35 0  
Chapter 36: Experiment 36: Qualitative Analysis of Group I Cations
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Chapter 37: Experiment 37: Qualitative Analysis of Group II Cations
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Chapter 38: Experiment 38: Qualitative Analysis of Group III Cations
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Chapter 39: Experiment 39: Identifying a Pure Ionic Solid
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Chapter 40: Experiment 40: The Ten Test Tube Mystery
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Chapter 41: Experiment 41: Making Aspirin
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Chapter 42: Experiment 42: The Kinetics of Aspirin Decomposition
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Chapter 43: Experiment 43: Analysis for Vitamin C
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Chapter 44: Experiment 44: Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics
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