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Lab Calendar Fall 2009

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" -- Albert Einstein

Lab 01 — T 09/08 - M 09/14 — Moles Galore: Quantitative Chemistry
Workshop 1: Exploring the Mole

Lab 02 — T 09/15 - M 09/21 — Nuclear Chemistry: Properties of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Radiation
Workshop 2: Significant Figures, Statistical Uncertainty, and Plotting in Excel

Lab 03 — T 09/22 - M 09/28 — Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules
Workshop 3: Limiting Reagents and Stoichiometry

Lab 04 - part 1 — T 09/29 - M 10/05 — Analysis of Iron in a Vitamin Pill
Workshop 4: Molarity and Solution Stoichiometry

Lab 04 - part 2 — T 10/06 - F 10/09 & W 10/14 (Monday schedule) — Analysis of Iron in a Vitamin Pill
Workshop 5: Uncertainty

Fall Break — No labs M 10/12 - T 10/13

Lab 05 — Th 10/15 - W 10/21 — Periodic Properties of the Halogens

Lab 06 and Lab 07 — Th 10/22 - M 11/02, W 11/04, T 11/10 — Polymer Synthesis (Lab 06) and Computational Chemistry (Lab 07; Meet in SCI 230) —You may be doing these labs out of order. Ask your instructor which lab you will be doing first.

Tanner Conference — No labs T 11/03, Th 11/05 - M 11/09

Lab 08 — W 11/11 - T 11/17 — Is Enthalpy a State Function?
Workshop 6: Calculations in Excel

Lab 09 - part 1 — W 11/18 - T 11/24 — Equilibrium Constant of Iron Thiocyanate

Thanksgiving — No labs W 11/25 - F 11/27

Lab 09 - part 2 — M 11/30 - F 12/4 — Equilibrium Constant of Iron Thiocyanate
Workshop 7: Equilibrium

Lab 10 — M 12/07 - F 12/11 — The Fading of Bromophenol Blue