General Chemistry Lab. (1)(2) (2021-2022)
I. Textbook:
Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan, University Experiments in General Chemistry, 3rd ed.; NTU Press: Taipei, 2020.
Website: https://teaching.ch.ntu.edu.tw/gclab/en/

II. Objective:
General Chemistry Laboratory is a course to demonstrate the principles of chemistry, teach the students various techniques used by chemists, and train the students to familiar with scientific methods.

III. Course description:
General Chemistry Laboratory course includes: stoichiometry, thermochemistry, acid-base, equilibrium, buffer solution, titration, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, coordination compounds, spectrophotometry, and material sciences.

IV. Course requirements:
Preview the experiment before class. Follow the safety guidelines of Lab. Be Familiar with Lab skills. Hand in reports on time.

V. Grading: attitude: 50%; report: 50%

VI. Contents:
General Chemistry Lab. (1)
Week Experiments
1 E0 Laboratory safety and work instructions
2 E1 Determination of the chemical formula of a compound
3 E2 Molar volume of nitrogen gas
4 E3 The enthalpies of reaction
5 E4 Quantitative analysis of vitamin C
6 E5 Qualitative analysis of cation group 1
7 E7 Preparation of alum
8 E8-I Iodine clock - the initial rate method
9 E10 Quantitative analysis of cobalt(II) ions
10 E12 Buffer solutions

General Chemistry Lab. (2)
Week Experiments
1 E0 Laboratory safety and work instructions
2 E6 Qualitative analysis of cation group 2
3 C8-II Iodine clock - the integrated rate law
4 E11 Conducting polymer-polyaniline
5 E13 Potentiometric titration of acid-base
6 E15 Synthesis of acid-base indicators
7 E16 The solubility product constant of silver acetate
8 E19 Synthesis of thermochromic materials
9 E20 Synthesis of gold nanoparticles
10 E23 Molecular modeling for organic compounds