This page is an electronic dumping ground for any assorted handouts that become available over the course of the semester.

Experiment 10

Post-lab 10 Help Sheet (pdf)
This explains how to do the problems in Post-lab 10.

Experiment 9

CH 204 Quiz Score Summary (pdf)
Averages by quiz and by section up through Quiz 7.

Post-lab 9 Help Sheet (pdf)
This will help you with Post-lab 9 and with the calculations in Parts 3 and 4 of the Lab Report.

Experiment 8

Hess's Law Help Sheet (pdf)
Post-lab 8 problem 4 worked out step-by-step.

Experiment 7

Experiment 7 Tip Sheet (pdf)
This Tip Sheet is worth two hours of your life.

Experiment 6

Pre-lab 6 Help (pdf)
Explains how to assign oxidation numbers for Problem 5 in the pre-lab.

Post-lab 6 Help (pdf)
Shows how to balance a redox equation (Q5) and explains how to do a stoichiometry problem (Q7).

These web sites may be helpful to you in learning how to balance redox reactions:

Mark Bishop's Chemistry Site (balancing redox reactions explained, with examples)

Towson University's Chemistry Tutoring Center
Balancing redox reactions in acidic solution
Balancing redox reaction in basic solution


Experiment 5

Post-lab 5 Help (pdf)
Explains how to do the limiting reagent, theoretical yield, and percent yield problems, step by step.

Experiment 4

Post-lab 4 Help (pdf)
All five problems can be done quickly and easily using the same general formula .

CH204 Grade Calculator (Excel spreadsheet)
Just enter your grades into this spreadsheet as you receive papers back from your TA, and the spreadsheet will automagically calculate your overall course grade.

Accuracy of lab glassware (pdf)
Taking a second look at the accuracy of a burette.

Experiment 3

Post-lab 3 Help (pdf)
Problems 2 and 3 worked out and explained.  We did these in class .

Experiment 2

LINEST Demo (Excel spreadsheet)
Shows how to find the error in the slope of a line using Excel.

CH204 Excel Demo Spreadsheet 2 (Excel spreadsheet)
Shows how to do calculations in Excel using data that is already typed in.

Post-lab 2 Help (pdf)
Problem 1 (Q-test) worked out and explained.  We did this one in class .

Experiment 1

Accuracy of lab glassware (pdf)
We are not able to evaluate the accuracy of the glassware based on the experiment we did, but how do the accuracies of a pipette, burette, and graduated cylinder really stack up?

Post-Lab 1 Help (pdf)
Problems 2a and 2d in the lab manual, or 5 and 8 in Quest.  These are the significant digits problems we did in class.

Sample Quiz 1a (Spring 2008) (pdf)

Sample Quiz 1b (Fall 2008) (pdf)

These quizzes will give you a general sense of what to expect.  Clicking the link will open the pdf file.

CH204 Excel Demo Spreadsheet 1 (Excel spreadsheet)
This spreadsheet has examples explaining significant digits, average and standard deviation, and interpolation.  Fun for the whole family!  Clicking this link will open the spreadsheet.  To save a copy, open the spreadsheet and then choose File, then Save As, and find it a comfortable home on your own hard drive.

CH204 General Information

CH204 Point Breakdown

Sample Preliminary Write-Up

Sample Report

Excel Tutorial Link (From the UT School of Information)
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/office/excel/

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