Inorganic lab manual

CHEMISTRY 323

Inorganic Chemistry

LABORATORY MANUAL

Department of Chemistry

Tulane University

Fall 1997

Course Instructor and Laboratory Coordinator:

Mark J. Fink

5008 Percival Stern

(504) 865-5573

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Schedule of Experiments .................................................... ii

Safety Regulations .......................................................... 1

Inorganic Laboratory Course ................................................. 3

Experiment 1

Synthesis of a Solid Acid ............................................... 5

Experiment 2

Tin(IV) Halides ....................................................... 9

Experiment 3

Redox Chemistry of Chromium ........................................ 12

Experiment 4

Coordination Complexes Cobalt(III) Amine Complexes ...................... 16

Experiment 5

Complex Ion Composition by Job's Method ................................ 20

Experiment 6

Influence of Ligand Field Tetragonality on the Ground State Spin of

Nickel (II) Complexes ................................................. 22

Experiment 7

Structural, Electrical, and Magnetic Properties of Ceramic Perovskites ......... 25

Appendix A

Notes on the Use of the “Spec 20" ...................................... 32

Appendix B

Notes on the Use of the Conductivity Meter .............................. 33

Appendix C

Useful Constants .................................................... 35

Appendix D

Periodic Table ....................................................... 36

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SCHEDULE OF EXPERIMENTS

September 16-19 Experiment 1 Section 2

September 24-30 Experiment 1 Section 3 and 4

Experiment 2 Section 2 and 3

October 1-7 Experiment 2 Section 4

Experiment 3 Section 2

October 8-14 Experiment 3 Section 3 and 4

Experiment 4 Section 3

October 15-21 Experiment 4 Section 2 and 5

October 22-28 Experiment 5

October 29-November 4 Experiment 6

November 5- 11 Experiment 6

November 12-18 Experiment 7

November 19-25 Experiment 7

December 2-5 LAB FINAL

Marking; All laboratory reports are due two weeks after the end

of the experiment. Late reports will be penalized 5% per day

except in extenuating circumstances. Each report will be worth

10% of your final mark, with the lowest grade being dropped in

the final calculation. The final exam will be worth 20% of the

grade.