Laboratory Handbook for General Chemistry / Edition 3

by Conrad L. Stanitski, Norman E. Griswold, H. A. Neidig, James N Spencer

Overview

LABORATORY HANDBOOK FOR GENERAL CHEMISTRY (accompanied by free access to an online resource center) is the perfect guide to lead you down the path of success. This how-to tool is supplemented by an instructional video and will provide you with information on everything from basic equipment to operations that are necessary for successful laboratory experiments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780495018902
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/13/2006
Edition description:	3RD PKG
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Conrad L. Stanitski is currently a Visiting Scholar at Franklin and Marshall College and is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Central Arkansas. He received his B.S. in Science Education from Bloomsburg State College, M.A. in Chemical Education from the University of Northern Iowa, and Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Connecticut. He has co-authored chemistry textbooks for science majors, allied health science students, non-science majors, and high school chemistry students. Among Dr. Stanitski's many awards are the American Chemical Society (ACS) George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, the CMA CATALYST National Award for Excellence in Chemistry Teaching, the Gustav Ohaus-National Science Teachers Association Award for Creative Innovations in College Science Teaching, the Thomas R. Branch Award for Teaching Excellence and the Samuel Nelson Gray Distinguished Professor Award from Randolph-Macon College, and the 2002 Western Connecticut ACS Section Visiting Scientist Award. He was Chair of the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education (2001) and has been an elected Councilor for that division. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). An instrumental and vocal performer, he also enjoys jogging, tennis, and reading.

Table of Contents

I. Safety in the Laboratory. II. Glassware and General Equipment. III. Weighing. IV. Measuring Liquid Volumes. V. Transferring Materials. VI. Heating Sources and Techniques. VII. Separations. VIII. Small-Scale Operations. IX. Visible Spectrophotometers. X. Using a pH Meter. XI. Keeping a Laboratory Notebook. XII. Mathematical Operations. XIII. Representing Data and Results Using Graphs. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Index.