Chemistry 103/113 Laboratory

 

 

This Week

Answer Keys

Gen Chem Lab

Periodic Table

 

 

 

·       Week 2 of Expt 2:  What Anions Are In Your Drinking Water?

·        Quiz 1:  Study Assignments A, B

·       Complete/Check Study Assignment C

 

Next Week

·       Expt 3:  Build a Better Hot Pack

·       Complete/Check Study Assignment E

 

Notes for Today

Ion Chromatography (IC):  Identifying Anions and Measuring Concentrations

·       Tasks for Today (working in groups)

o      Organize information from chromatograms

§       retention times

§       peak areas

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o      Use Excel to make a standard curve for your group’s anion

§       typical standard curve

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·       peak area is proportional to anion concentration

·       use data from entire class (15+ points!)

·       prepare a scatter plot and do a linear curve fit

·       find equation of the best fit line to use in spreadsheet calculations

 

o      Identify anions in each drinking water

§       use retention times known from anion standards

 

o      Find concentration of each anion in each drinking water

§       convert peak areas into concentration via spreadsheet calculations

§       use best fit lines from standard curves

 

 

Week 2 Report

o      Data section due today at end of lab

o      See Writing Your Report for remaining requirements

o      Make sure you have all graphs/spreadsheets before leaving today.

o      Work independently on report calculations/questions

·       Due tomorrow, 9 p.m., TA folder outside 184

 

Some Significant Figure Errors in Calculations