CHEM 117
General Chemistry Laboratory
Fall 2026–2027
Topics
- Laboratory safety
- data and error analysis
- molar mass
- quantitative analysis
- gas laws
- Beer’s law
- aspirin synthesis
- calorimetry
- vaporization and neutralization enthalpy
- acid–base titrations
- iron(III) acetylacetonate synthesis
- vitamin C titration
- corrosion
- kinetics.
Readings
- Primary resource identified: OpenStax, Chemistry 2e (free online; syllabus calls it the CHEM 112 course textbook). Required: laboratory manual. Supplementary: Michael Mombourquette, First Year General Chemistry; Petrucci, Herring, Madura and Bissonette, General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications, 11th edition, Pearson, Toronto, 2016.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2026–2027
- 2026–27 laboratory course shares experiments with CHEM 112. Knewton Alta access is optional; Stemble is used for lab assignments.