University of Ottawa Physical Chemistry Lab Manual

CHM 2330
Physical Chemistry Lab
Winter 2015

Manual revised 2006 by Maude Boulanger
(with Prof. P. Mayer and Prof. D. Bryce)
Contact information:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Schedule of experiments .......................................................................................................... - 3 General Lab Information ........................................................................................................ - 4 Guidelines for Laboratory Reports ........................................................................................ - 6 Treatment of Experimental Data .......................................................................................... - 11 EXPERIMENTS:
A - Kinetics of the Acid Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Methyl Acetate .......................................... 13
D - Determination of the Viscosity and Related Properties of Gaseous N2 and CO2 ............ 18
M - Determination of the Validity of the Beer-Lambert Law ................................................. 23
N - Kinetics of the Depolymerization of Diacetone Alcohol via Basic Catalysis ................... 27
W - Kinetics of the Reaction of a Food Colourant with Sodium Hypochlorite ..................... 31
X - Kinetics of the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide ....................................................... 37

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Schedule of experiments – Winter 2015 – CHM 2330
Lab Section
1 (Tuesday)
2 (Tuesday)
3 (Friday)
4 (Friday)

Dates for
Lab 1
Jan 13, 20, 27
Feb 3, 10, 24
Jan 16, 23, 30
Feb 6, 13, 27

Dates for
Lab 2
March 3, 10, 17
March 24, 31, April 7
March 6, 13, 20
March 27, April 10, 14

group #
Lab 1
Lab 2
A
M
1
A
W
2
A
N
3
A
X
4
M
A
5
M
N
6
W
A
7
W
X
8
D
X
9
D
A
10
N
D
11
N
W
12
X
D
13
X
A
14
X
N
15
N
X
16
X
M
17
Lab assignments subject to change

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General Lab Information
Laboratory Dress Code: SAFETY GLASSES AND LAB COATS MUST BE WORN AT ALL
TIMES. Proper footwear MUST be worn (no sandals, or other open shoe). Long

References: Fundamentals and Technological Applications;Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, NY, 1999; p 156. magnitude if they are at the right of the number. So, for example, 4053 has four sig. figs, but 4500 only has two e.g. 4500 = 45 x 102 = 4.5 x 103 two significant figures