C1080 General Chemistry - laboratory course

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Ing. Alena Pálková (seminar tutor)
Světlana Filípková (assistant)
doc. RNDr. Josef Novosad, CSc. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Pinkas, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Pinkas, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 8:00–11:50 C10/312
Prerequisites
NOW( C7777 Handling chemicals )
Theoretical knowledge and practical skills of the high school chemistry level. Writing chemical equations, stoichiometric calculations, and calculations of solution concentration and mixing.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Basic laboratory operations (filtration, crystallization, distillation, sublimation, volumetric methods) as well as determination of physicochemical constants of compounds are exercised in this course.
Students will learn in this course:
safety and fire rules and basic rules for safe chemical laboratory practice
physico-chemical measurements, operation with instruments, and evaluation of obtained data
to perform basic laboratory operations and manipulation with chemical laboratory equipment and simple instruments
to carry out more advanced laboratory experiments, data evaluation, construction of tables, graphs, and diagrams
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, laboratory and equipment, guidelines for lab work and writing reports, safety rules. Pass-requirements. Chemicals. Gas cylinders. Laboratory glassware and ceramics. Metal, plastic, paper. Heating, cooling, stirring. Simple distillation, fractional distillation.

    2. Glass-blowing exercise, demonstration of glassblower work, work on glassblower burner and Bunsen burner. Practical experiments: Filtration, vacuum filtration, filtration at elevated temperature.

    3. Pressure measurements, sources of vacuum. Rectification, vacuum distillation, steam-distillation. Measurement, precision, accuracy, significant figures. Practical experiments: distillation.

    4. Sublimation, drying, extraction, thin layer chromatography, refractive index, melting point. Practical experiments: melting point measurements, refractive index measurements on refractometer, extraction with Soxhlet apparatus, separation funnel, thin layer chromatography.

    5. Gas and liquid volume measurements, pipette, burette. Balances and weighing. Density and concentration calculations. Titrations. Practical experiments: preparation of a solution with precise concentration, weighing, concentration calculations.

    6. Practical experiments in groups: vacuum distillation, rectification, sublimation, rotavapor, reflux.

    7. Experiment no.2. Separation of the KAl(SO4)2.12H2O + CuSO4.5H2O + Cr2O3 mixture.

    8. Experiment no.4. Distillation of HCl. Titrations.

    9. Experiment no.3. Measurements of atomic masses of magnesium and aluminum.

    10. Experiment no.5 Isolation of eugenol from cloves by steam-distillation.

    11. Experiment no.6 Distillation of acetone+toluene mixture and construction of phase diagram.

    12. Experiment no.7 Distillation of acetone+toluene mixture with rectification column.

    13. Experiment no.9 Vacuum distillation and measurements of vapor pressure of water and ethanol as a function of temperature.

    14. Make-up class, final test.

Literature
  • NOVÁČEK, Eduard and Milan POTÁČEK. Laboratorní technika ke cvičení z metod organické chemie. Edited by Slávka Janků. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 91 s. ISBN 8021015004. info
  • Laboratorní technika a cvičení z anorganické chemie. 7. přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 114 s. ISBN 8021010126. info
Teaching methods
Laboratory course covers basic laboratory operations and writing laboratory reports.
Assessment methods
The laboratory course runs on a weekly basis. Each student is tested at the beginning of the class for the theoretical knowledge of the particular experiment by a short written test or by questions. All calculations for the particular experiment must be performed before the class. The absence at the class must be justified by a medical report. All missed classes must be made-up by the end of the semester. Requirements for passing the class:

a) attendance at all laboratory classes (missed classes must be made-up)

b) knowledge of principles of all experiments covered in the course, stoichiometric and concentration calculations and titration evaluation

c) careful preparation and timely submission of lab reports for all experiments

d) passed test from laboratory safety rules, calculations, and experiment principles

e) paid balance for broken glassware and equipment
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Vyučují učitelé Ústavu chemie.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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