| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Guidance and experimental safety and environmental considerations · A lecture is given on the basics of experiments, such as significance of experiments, notes, how to write reports. · A lecture is given also on the dangers involved in experiments and the environmental impacts. After that you will discuss in a small group on the code of conduct and considerations necessary to conduct experiments safely, decide groups' rules. |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand. | 100minutes |
| 2. | Qualitative analysis of cations 1 · Learn the principle of the generation and dissolution of precipitates by simple experiment. |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and prepare a flow chart. | 200minutes |
| 3. | Qualitative analysis of cations 2 · Separation and identification experiments using standard samples |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and prepare a flow chart. | 200minutes |
| 4. | Interview instruction on reports · Interview instruction about the report of the previous week and the week before last |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and make an experiment plan. | 200minutes |
| 5. | Qualitative analysis of cations 3 · Analysis of an unknown sample (practical test) In the next (the 6th) and later experiments, you will be assigned to one of the 4 groups and carry out 8 themes in turn. Therefore, depending on the assigned group, the order of the theme is different. |
Revising the flow chart while reviewing the experiment procedure, prepare for practical examination. | 200minutes |
| 6. | Glass work · Using glass tubes, make simple laboratory instruments (capillaries and pipettes). |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and make an experiment plan. | 200minutes |
| 7. | Measurement of avogadro constant · Make a monomolecular film of stearic acid and calculate Avogadro's number from the area. |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and make an experiment plan. | 200minutes |
| 8. | Light absorption analysis · Measure the absorption curve of permanganate ion. · Using Lambert-Beer's law, determine the permanganate ion concentration in an unknown sample. |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and make an experiment plan. | 200minutes |
| 9. | Determination of acid dissociation index · Perform neutralization titration while measuring pH, and determine acid dissociation index of a weak acid. |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and make an experiment plan. | 200minutes |
| 10. | Measurement of molecular weight (freezing point descent method) · Calculate molecular weight and salt dissociation degree by freezing point descent method. |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and make an experiment plan. | 200minutes |
| 11. | Organic synthesis · Perform nitration reaction of phenol. · Analyze the product by TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography). · Extract each product isomer from the spot of TLC and measure the UV-visible absorption spectrum of each isomer. |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and prepare a flow chart. | 200minutes |
| 12. | PC exercise (ChemDraw) · Learn how to draw structural formulas using ChemDraw. |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and make an experiment plan. | 200minutes |
| 13. | PC exercise (Excel) · Learn methods of tabulating data and creating graphs using Excel. |
Read the relevant chapters of textbook beforehand and make an experiment plan. | 200minutes |
| 14. | Final written exam and commentary | Review the previous experiments and summarize them in experimental notebook. | 200minutes |
| Total. | - | - | 2700minutes |
| Reports | Practical Exam | Exercises | Quizzes | Term-end Exam | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 0% | 7% | 1% | 8% | ||
| 2. | 14% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 27% | |
| 3. | 35% | 7% | 4% | 46% | ||
| 4. | 0% | 14% | 14% | |||
| 5. | 5% | 5% | ||||
| Total. | 54% | 14% | 21% | 4% | 7% | - |
| Work experience | Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicatable |
|---|---|
| N/A | N/A |

