Core Practical 8: Determining Enthalpy Change of Reaction Measuring enthalpy changes Calorimetry is a technique used to measure changes in enthalpy of chemical reactions A calorimeter can be...
Core Practical 3: Hydrochloric Acid Concentration Performing the Titration The key piece of equipment used in the titration is the burette Burettes are usually marked to a precision of 0.10 ...
Core Practical 2: Preparing a Standard Solution Volumetric Analysis Volumetric analysis is a process that uses the volume and concentration of one chemical reactant (a volumetric solution) t...
Core Practical 1: Measuring the Molar Volume of a Gas Measuring gas volumes The volume of gas produced in a reaction can be measured by collecting the gas with a gas syringe or by the displa...
Interpreting an IR Spectrum Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a technique used to identify compounds based on changes in vibrations of atoms when they absorb IR of certain frequencies A spectrop...
Mass Spectrometry Mass spectroscopy is an analytical technique used to identify unknown compounds The molecules in the small sample are bombarded with high energy electrons which can cause t...
Organic Liquid Preparation & Purification Simple Distillation This is used to separate a liquid and soluble solid from a solution (e.g. water from a solution of salt water) or a pure liq...
Reactions of Alcohols Combustion of alcohols Alcohols react with oxygen in the air when ignited and undergo complete combustion to form carbon dioxide and water alcohol + oxygen → carbon dio...
Classifying Alcohols Alcohols are a family of molecules that contain the hydroxyl functional group, -OH Their general formula is CnH2n+1OH The nomenclature of alcohols follows the pattern a...
