Chem 161 labs

Chemistry 161 Labs

Instructor: Ken Marr

Chem 161 Home

Chem 161 textbook website

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Active Learning Exercises

Lab Activities

Exam Study Guides

Lab Notebook Policy and Lab Report Format Guidelines

Chemistry Links/Resources

Lecture Notes (Will not be used this quarter!)

Ken Marr's Home Page

Labs Activities for Fall 2013

Link to the Lab Notebook Policy and Lab Report Format Guidelines for Chem 161

Link to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). Look here for hazards associated with specific chemicals. Also includes many physical constants (density, MW, etc.)

Lab Technique Videos

All videos are a copyright protected by the DVAction project, http://dvaction.northwestern.edu/index.html, and are used with permission.

Chem 161 Lab Handouts (Unless Stated otherwise, the following are Adobe .pdf Documents)

Lab 1. How Can the Density of a Substance be Determined Accurately and Precisely?

Lab Technique Video: How to Use an Analytical Balance
Lab Techniques: How to use Flasks, Beakers and Graduated Cylinders
Lab 1: Theoretical Results for Activities 1 - 3

Lab 2: The Density of a Liquid Mixture Lab Technique Video: How to Use an Analytical Balance

Fall 2013 Class Data:    Section D

Microsoft Office Excel Tutorials
You might find the following tutorials useful if you have little experience Excel.

Excel tutorials for Office 2007 Users: Getting Started; How to make a chart (graph);   Performing Calculations; Formatting a Worksheet; Modifying a Worksheet; Sort and Filter;   Excel tutorial Table of Contents

Excel tutorials for Office 1997-2003 Users: How to make a line graph with Excel (html webpage);   Introduction to Excel (Adobe Acrobat .pdf file); Excel Basics (Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)