1st Edition

Green Chemistry Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry

By Sally A. Henrie Copyright 2015
    384 Pages 53 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    384 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Green chemistry involves designing novel ways to create and synthesize products and implement processes that will eliminate or greatly reduce negative environmental impacts. The Green Chemistry Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry provides educational laboratory materials that challenge students with the customary topics found in a general chemistry laboratory manual, while encouraging them to investigate the practice of green chemistry.

    Following a consistent format, each lab experiment begins with objectives and prelab questions highlighting important issues that must be understood prior to getting started. This is followed by detailed step-by-step procedures for performing the experiments. Students report specific results in sections designated for data, observations, and calculations. Once each experiment is completed, analysis questions test students’ comprehension of the results. Additional questions encourage inquiry-based investigations and further research about how green chemistry principles compare with traditional, more hazardous experimental methods. By placing the learned concepts within the larger context of green chemistry principles, the lab manual enables students to see how these principles can be applied to real-world issues.

    Performing laboratory exercises through green experiments results in a safer learning environment, limits the quantity of hazardous waste generated, and reduces the cost for chemicals and waste disposal. Students using this manual will gain a greater appreciation for green chemistry principles and the possibilities for future use in their chosen careers.

    Determining the percent of water in epsom salt
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Determination of the formula of a copper supplement
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Determination of mass and mole relationships in a chemical reaction
    Example
    Atom economy
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Finding ethanol's molar mass using vapor density
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Determining molar volume of a gas at standard temperature and pressure
    Example
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Determining the enthalpy change for solvation reactions
    Example
    Example
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Spectroscopic determination of food dye in popsicles
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Separation of food dyes by paper chromatography
    Example Rf calculation
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    What is the best solution to lower a freezing point?
    Example
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Standardization of a sodium hydroxide solution
    Example
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Determining the amount of acid in ketchup and hot sauce
    Example: Calculating the moles of acid in diet cola
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Using an appropriate indicator for acid-base titrations
    Example
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Preparation and properties of buffer solutions
    Example
    Calculations
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Determination of the rate of reaction and its order
    Example
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Equilibrium constant for ferric ion-salicylic acid complex determination
    Example
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Determination of amount of ascorbic acid in a vitamin C tablet by redox titration
    Example
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Qualitative analysis of metal cations and using ion-selective electrodes
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Analysis
    Think Green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    How to determine the order of an electrochemical series
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Voltaic cells and how batteries are made
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Synthesis and chemical analysis of sodium iron (III) EDTA
    Example
    Example
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge
    Analysis of biodiesel synthesized from canola oil
    Objective
    Prelab questions
    Procedure
    Data
    Observations
    Calculations
    Analysis
    Think green
    Presidential green chemistry challenge

    Biography

    Sally A. Henrie is a professor of chemistry at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, and has been in chemical education for over 16 years. Dr. Henrie has taught various courses and laboratories, including Fundamentals of Chemistry, General Chemistry Laboratory, Organic Chemistry, Organic/Inorganic Synthesis, Survey of Chemical Instrumentation, Advanced Organic Chemistry, and Environmental Chemistry. She is also involved in mentoring undergraduate research students in chemical education and dendrimer research. Dr. Henrie previously worked as a junior research chemist for Phelps Dodge Corporation, plant chemist for Mount Pleasant Chemical Company, and materials lab supervisor/process engineer for Whirlpool Corporation. While working in industry, she contributed to various environmentally related projects.

    "…a welcome change and direction for enriching the laboratory experience of students."
    Colin F. Poole, Wayne State University, in Chromatographia.

    "This book is designed as a laboratory manual ready to be used by students. It’s suitable for late secondary or elementary tertiary-level courses. … experiments highlight a feature also found in other chapters – the links made between chemistry and everyday life. This problem-based approach has to be lauded. Overall, this book provides an introduction to green chemistry and engages students in the process of challenging traditional methods by benchmarking them against the 12 principles of green chemistry."
    Thomas Logothetis, for Education in Chemistry, August 2016.