Syllabus
Syllabus:
Safety instructions
First aid in a chemistry lab
Introduction to chemistry lab
Laboratory glassware
Heating of the reaction mixtures - possible methods
Stirring of the reaction mixtures - possible methods
Methods of cooling of the reaction mixtures
Purification of solid chemicals - crystallization
Purification of liquid chemicals - distillation
Isolation of products
Extraction
Liquid and solid chemicals drying
Gases preparation and handling
Characterization of chemicals
Spectral methods in organic synthesis
Thin-layer chromatography
Annotation
The subject Chemical Laboratory Technique provides introduction to basic and advanced methods employed in a chemistry lab. Students will gain the knowledge about the function and equipment of a chemistry lab and will perform modern methods of synthesis, separation, purification and characterization of the resultant products.