Chem 135 and 136 can be take in Summer II
CHEM136 General Chemistry Laboratory for Engineers (1 credit)
Prerequisite: Completed or be concurrently enrolled in CHEM135.
The laboratory course includes 11 experiments covering concepts and
practical skills:
- Volume and mass measurements; basic operations involving chemical
glassware and analytical balance; safety in a chemistry laboratory
- Periodic properties of main group elements; identifying signs of a
chemical reaction and recording observations on a chemical process
- Stoichiometry, concentration, percent yield, limiting reagent;
volumetric techniques
- Heats of reaction; measuring and controlling temperature
- Organic polymers, synthesis nylon 66; material testing techniques
- Empirical formula; inorganic analysis methods
- Reaction rates; solution kinetics techniques
- Chemical equilibrium; manipulating chemical process yield
- Electrochemical cells and electrolysis; current and voltage measurements
- Ionization constant of a weak acid; operating a pH meter