WORKING WITH CHEMISTRY -- LAB SEPARATES

EXPERIMENT GROUP A – Methods of Inquiry and Measurement

Experiment 1. Physical Properties: The Glass Bead Lab

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Experiment 2. Use of Volumetric Glassware: The Floating Egg Problem

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Mark eggs of differing degrees of freshness with a waterproof marker, using a distinctive mark, square, circle, etc.)

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Experiment 3. Chemical Proportionality: Carbonate and Hydrochloric Acid

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EXPERIMENT GROUP B – Elements in the Blood

Experiment 1. Spectrophotometry of Dyes

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Experiment 2. Spectrophotometric Determination of Cu2+ Ion

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Experiment 3. Total Serum Iron Assay

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Initial solution: Sodium acetate 0.1-M solution, adjust to pH 4.5 with 0.1 M acetic acid. Make up hydroxylamine solution using adjusted sodium acetate solution. Adjust final pH of hydroxylamine solution to pH 4.7 using 6 M NaOH.

35.6 mg ferrous ammonium sulfate hexahydrate-acidify with 6 M H2SO4

36 mg iron (III) nitrate, dissolve in dilute nitric acid (5-mL 6 M HNO3/L)

EXPERIMENT GROUP C – Analysis of Complex Solutions

Experiment 1. Stoichiometry of a Metal Ligand Complex

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Initial: Sodium acetate 0.1 M solution, adjust to pH 4.5 with 0.1 M acetic acid. Make up Hydroxylamine solution using adjusted sodium acetate solution. Adjust final pH of Hydroxylamine solution to pH 4.7 using 6 M NaOH

356 mg / L Ferrous ammonium sulfate hexahydrate-acidify with 6 M H2SO4

FerroZine solution (1.0g/L)

1,10-phenanthroline solution 1.0 g / L

terpyridine solution (dissolve in ethanol) 0.500 g / L

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Experiment 2. Ka of an Indicator

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0.005 M Citrate (Sodium Citrate 1.47 g / L)

0.005 M Phosphate (Use Phosphoric acid solid 0.50 g / L )

0.005 M Ammonium (Ammonium Chloride 0.27 g / L)

Combine all solids and dilute to 1 L with H2O

Adjust pH to 1.5 using concentrated HCl and pH meter

Bromothymol Blue 0.1 g in 16-mL 0.01 N NaOH + 234-mL H2O

Thymolphthalein 0.1 g in 16-mL 0.01 N NaOH + 234-mL H2O

Bromocresol Purple 0.1 g in 16-mL 0.01 N NaOH + 234-mL H2O

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Experiment 3. Determination of Serum Albumin

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Dissolve 11.8 g succinic acid + 2.7 g Brij 35 in 800-mL of H2O. Warm slightly to dissolve Brij 35 if necessary. Adjust pH to 4.0 with NaOH (dropwise). Dilute to 1-L volume with H2O. Store in refrigerator.

Dissolve 419 mg bromocresol green in 10 mL of 0.1 M NaOH. Dissolve completely and bring to 1-L volume with H2O.

1 volume of bromocresol green solution/3 volumes of succinate buffer. Adjust pH to 4.2 ± 0.05 pH units. Label: Bromocresol green working solution, pH 4.2; store in refrigerator.

Dissolve 9g of NaCl in 900 mL of H2O. Bring to 1-L volume with H2O.

Dissolve 2.50 g of Albumin in 800 mL NaCl 9g/L solution. Dissolve completely and bring to 1-L volume with NaCl 9g/L solution. Label: Albumin 0.250 g/dL in 9g/L NaCl solution ;store in refrigerator

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EXPERIMENT GROUP D – Acid-Base Titration and the Global Carbon Cycle

Experiment 1. Acid—Base Titration

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Each student will need approximately 125 mL of 1 HCl and 125 mL H2SO4. Unknown range from 0.075—0.110 M. Label unknown bottles with letter codes and a label instructing students to take only 125 mL of the assigned unknown.

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Experiment 2. Analysis of an Antacid (Plus Setup for Leaf Lab)

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Setup for Leaf Lab: Done by each student

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Experiment 3. Tree Leaves and the Global Carbon Cycle

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EXPERIMENT GROUP E – Buffers and Life

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Experiment 1. Stabilization of pH with Buffers

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Dissolve 74.1 g CH3CH2CO2H (propionic acid) (75-mL) in 250-mL of H2O, add 13.2 g NaOH. Dilute to 1 L with H2O.

0.030 M dilute 30.0-mL to 1.0 L

0.040 M dilute 40.0-mL to 1.0 L

Experiment 2. Design of a Buffer

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EXPERIMENT GROUP F – Measurements of Chemical Reaction Rates

Experiment 1. Hydrolysis of an Ester

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Dissolve 108.80 g potassium dihydrogen phosphate in 2 L of deionized H2O. After dissolving, insert pH probe and adjust pH to 6.50 with 2 M KOH. After adjustment, bring solution to 4-L mark with H2O.

Dissolve 217.60 g potassium dihydrogen phosphate in 2 L of deionized H2O. After dissolving, insert pH probe and adjust pH to 6.50 with 2 M KOH. After adjustment, bring solution to 4-L mark with H2O.

Dissolve 0.362 g 4-nitrophenyl acetate in 3.5 L H2O. Bring to 4 L.

Imidazole, 25-mM concentration

Dissolve 6.80 g Imidazole in 3.5 L H2O. Bring to 4 L

2-Methylimidazole, 25-mM concentration

4-Methylimidazole, 25-mM concentration

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Experiment 2. Decomposition of 2-Chloro-2 methylpropane

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NaOH: ~0.040 M, adjust to pH 11.10—11.30

NaOH: ~0.040 M, adjust to pH 11.70—12.0

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Experiment 3. Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide

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EXPERIMENT GROUP G – Electrochemical Glucose Monitoring: Construct Your Own Electrode

Experiment 1. Electrochemical Measurement

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Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2•6H2O: approx. 300 g/L, then add 3 M sulfuric acid until acidic

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1 digital multimeter w/ alligator clips

1 chem cell plastic

1 small piece of silver wire

Experiment 2. Construct and Use Your Own Electrode

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Experiment 3. The Glucose Biosensor

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250 g/L Cu(SO4)2•5H2O, add sulfuric acid to acidify solution.

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EXPERIMENT GROUP H – Heat Capacity: Design a Fireproof Safe

Experiment 1. The Heat Capacity of Some Solid Elements

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Experiment 2. Thermochemistry of Reactions in Solutions

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Catalase source: Sigma Chemicals, product No. C-9322

Catalase from bovine liver, 3260 units/mg solid

Concentration of catalase solution is determined by experimentation. The age of the catalase solid or solution determines how concentrated the solution must be. Start with a 0.5 g catalase / 100-mL solution concentration and test the reaction using 4 drops of catalase in 75 mL of 5% H2O2. The reaction should proceed rapidly with swirling, but with a minimum amount of foaming. Adjust the concentration up if the reaction does not come to completion in 2—4 minutes.

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Experiment 3. The Fireproof Safe

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These can be made as "concrete ice cubes," using concrete mix from a hardware store. Mix this in a bowl and fill an ice cube tray with the wet mixture. Spray the ice cube tray with a silicone spray before filling the tray with the concrete mix. The pieces of concrete come out easily, just like ice from a tray.

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EXPERIMENT GROUP I – Engineering of a Reaction

Experiment 1. Synthesis of Metal Complexes

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Experiment 2. Control of Reaction Products

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Experiment 3. Engineering a Reaction

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EXPERIMENT GROUP J – Ecological Elemental Cycles

Experiment 1. Gravimetric Analysis of Phosphorus

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Silver nitrate, 0.1 M

Sodium chloride, 0.1 M

Sodium phosphate, 0.1 M

Sodium nitrate, 0.1 M

Sodium carbonate, 0.1 M

Sodium sulfate, 0.1 M

Zinc sulfate, 0.1 M

Use white coral sand and powdered sodium phosphate. Various mixtures of anhydrous sodium phosphate and sand containing 15—75% sodium phosphate by mass. The key to the unknowns should report the phosphorus present as P2O5, because that is how students are to report their results and it should include the percent sand by mass. Students will obtain this information from the lab instructor after they complete the experiment.

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Experiment 2. NO2 Analysis

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TEA (triethanolamine) analytical grade, Brij-35

(solution TEA: 20% v/v aqueous solution, containing 80 microliters of 10% Brij-35 solution)

Tubes are loaded with 40 microliters of mesh solution each

2% w/v aqueous solution of sulfanilamide in 6% v/v phosphoric acid.

Prepare 250-mL of aqueous solution containing 5 g of sulfanilamide and 15-mL of concentrated phosphoric acid)

0.14% w/w aqueous solution of NEDA

Prepare 250-mL of aqueous solution containing 0.35 g NEDA

(N-1-naphthylethylene-diamine dihydrochloride)

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Cut to small squares and pushed to the bottom of analysis tubes with a dowel.

Experiment 3. Nitrogen and Mud

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Dilute to 18 L with water in a 20-L carboy. Add 0.099 g of bromocresol green sodium salt and 0.066 g of methy red sodium salt; dissolve. Bring to 20- L volume with water. Adjust pH to 4.8—5.0 using sodium hydroxide pellets.

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