Chem 1B Experiments

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Lab 1. It Stinks! Organic Chemistry: Smells and Odors from Esters

Reflux Equipment and Hot Plate Instructions for Ester Synthesis (Thanks Tony!)

Lab 2. Sweet Tooth. Solubility and Colligative Properties of Solutions: Candy, Soda, and Ice Cream

Lab 3. Turn Blue: Kinetics of The Iodine Clock Reaction

Lab 4. It’s About Control: Shifting the Direction of an Equilibrium Reaction Using LeChatelier’s Principle

Lab 5. Change is Difficult: Buffers as Food Preservatives and the Fruit Browning Reaction

Lab 6. Who Cut the Cheese? Acid-Base Properties of Food

More Cheese: “How to Make Mozzarella Cheese” (ACS Webinet)

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This is cheese!? (Thanks Josh! Sp22)

Lab 7. How to Remove Bathroom and Kitchen Stains

Lab 8. You Can’t Win,You Can’t Break Even, You Can’t Quit

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Ethanol Fuel Bottle (courtesy of T. Green)

Lab 9. Energizer Bunny: Batteries and Electroplating

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Hydrolysis of Water by Maria S. and Julianna

Lab 10. Want to Live Near a Nuclear Power Plant? Half-Life of K-40 and Radiation Protection