This course employs both lectures and labs to teach the principles and applications of key chemical laboratory techniques. (Photograph courtesy of Dr. Nathan Sanders. Used with permission.)
Instructor(s)
Dr. John J. Dolhun
MIT Course Number
5.310
As Taught In
Fall 2017
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Description
Laboratory Chemistry introduces experimental chemistry for students requiring a chemistry laboratory who are not majoring in chemistry. The course covers principles and applications of chemical laboratory techniques, including preparation and analysis of chemical materials, measurement of pH, gas and liquid chromatography, visible-ultraviolet spectrophotometry, infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, polarimetry, X-ray diffraction, kinetics, data analysis, and organic synthesis.
Acknowledgements
Dr. Dolhun would like to acknowledge the contributions of past instructors over the years to the development of this course and its materials.
WARNING NOTICE
The experiments described in these materials are potentially hazardous and require a high level of safety training, special facilities and equipment, and supervision by appropriate individuals. You bear the sole responsibility, liability, and risk for the implementation of such safety procedures and measures. MIT shall have no responsibility, liability, or risk for the content or implementation of any of the material presented.
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