This course will introduce you to thermodynamic, colligative and other physical properties of matter along with the various methods used to examine these properties. These properties are very important in nature and many additional processes that surround us in our every day lives.

There are a total of ten experiments. Each experiment is to be completed during a single lab period. The order you will proceed through the experiments will be assigned during the introductory session at the beginning of the Semester. Labs are held on Thursday’s from 12-4pm in room 57F.

Lab     Experiment

1     Heat Capacity ratios for Gases
2     Heats of Combustion
3     Partial Molar Volume
4     Cryoscopic determination of Molecular Weight
5     Vapor pressure of a pure liquid
6     Binary Liquid-Vapor phase diagram
7     Gas Phase Kinetics
8     Surface tension of Solutions
9     Intrinsic Viscosity
10   Dipole moments of polar molecules in solution

Experiments in Physical Chemistry (7th edition) by D.P. Schoemaker, C.W. Garland and J.W. Nibler