Latest Experiments
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Octahedral to Square Planar Transition in Nickel Chelates
Posted: 08/02/2013 by
The experiment investigates the equilibrium between the octahedral and square planar geometries in a nickel(II) complexes coordinated by...
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Volumetric analysis: Accuracy and precision of a pipette
Posted: 08/02/2013 by Tamsin Kelly,Dijana Townsend
This experiment is designed to introduce students to volumetric analysis, and in particular to develop the student’s skill of accurate...
5015 views | 0 comments |
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Chemical Reactions: Observing chemical changes
Posted: 08/02/2013 by Tamsin Kelly,Dijana Townsend
This experiment is designed for students who may have no chemistry background at all, as their very first general chemistry laboratory experience...
7691 views | 0 comments |
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Ion Exchange Chromatography
Posted: 08/02/2013 by Sam Priest,Natalie Williamson
Ion exchange chromatography is a critical analytical technique routinely used for the separation of compounds based on their charge for a wide range...
3063 views | 0 comments |
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Sunscreen
Posted: 08/02/2013 by Adam Bridgeman
This experiment introduces students to how sunscreens and sunglasses work. It also introduces the use of a UV spectrometer and the Beer –...
2074 views | 0 comments |
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Properties of Gases
Posted: 08/02/2013 by Ron Clarke
This experiment allows students to experience the behaviour of gases. In particular, students discover for themselves via the experiment the basis...
2918 views | 0 comments |
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Preparation of biodiesel from waste vegetable oil
Posted: 08/02/2013 by Kieran Lim
This experiment synthesises biodiesel fuel by the transesterification of used vegetable oil via an acid catalyzed reaction. The product biodiesel ...
1992 views | 0 comments |
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Ester Hydrolysis and Acid Identification
Posted: 15/03/2011 by Tara Pukala
In this experiment students are required to identify an unknown ester by hydrolysing it to the corresponding acid, which is in turn identified by its...
8476 views | 0 comments |
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Preparation, Distillation and Spectroscopic Identification...
Posted: 15/03/2011 by Warwick J Belcher
This experiment is the last experiment that the students do in the CHEM1020 course experiment. It describes the synthesis of 2-chloro-2-methylpropane...
6860 views | 0 comments |
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Synthesis of 6-Methylazulene
Posted: 28/02/2011 by Alan Payne
Synthesis of 6-methylazulene and exploration of its chemistry.
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Popular Experiments
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Kinetics of Hydrolysis of Acetylsalicylic Acid, Aspirin
Posted: 14/04/2006 by Paul Prenzler,Dan Bedgood
In this experiment, students examine the hydrolysis of aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, under different conditions. The hydrolysis of aspirin...
22678 views | 0 comments |
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An IR Investigation of the CO Dipole Direction and Other...
Posted: 11/05/2006 by Kieran F. Lim
Spectroscopy is a direct probe of molecular properties. The novelty of this experiment is the placement of a nearstandard Fourier-transform infrared...
16641 views | 1 comments |
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Determination of vanillin in imitation vanilla essence
Posted: 31/01/2011 by Mauro Mocerino,Sara Zadnik
In this experiment students will determine the concentration of vanillin in imitation vanilla flavouring. The method of analysis involves the...
14933 views | 2 comments |
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Ester Hydrolysis and Acid Identification
Posted: 15/03/2011 by Tara Pukala
In this experiment students are required to identify an unknown ester by hydrolysing it to the corresponding acid, which is in turn identified by its...
8476 views | 0 comments |
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Chemical Reactions: Observing chemical changes
Posted: 08/02/2013 by Tamsin Kelly,Dijana Townsend
This experiment is designed for students who may have no chemistry background at all, as their very first general chemistry laboratory experience...
7691 views | 0 comments |
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Preparation, Distillation and Spectroscopic Identification...
Posted: 15/03/2011 by Warwick J Belcher
This experiment is the last experiment that the students do in the CHEM1020 course experiment. It describes the synthesis of 2-chloro-2-methylpropane...
6860 views | 0 comments |
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Anion incorporation into layered solids
Posted: 01/02/2011 by Hanna Driessen, Mark I. Ogden, Daniel C. Southam*
Many inorganic solids have spaces or voids in their structure. Where these voids are of the appropriate size and geometry molecules (guests) can be...
5865 views | 2 comments |
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Volumetric analysis: Accuracy and precision of a pipette
Posted: 08/02/2013 by Tamsin Kelly,Dijana Townsend
This experiment is designed to introduce students to volumetric analysis, and in particular to develop the student’s skill of accurate...
5015 views | 0 comments |
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Benign Synthesis of Tri-substituted Pyridines
Posted: 14/04/2006 by Tania van den Ancker
The laboratory exposes students to some of ‘the principles of Green chemistry’. The laboratory exercise involves the synthesis of...
4659 views | 0 comments |
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Calculating Simple Force Constants with Computational...
Posted: 14/04/2006 by Brian J. Salter-Duke,Vinutha Ramakrishna
This experiment allows the student to calculate the force constant by quantum mechanical calculations for the three diatomic molecules, F2, O2 and N2....
4381 views | 0 comments |
