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Course: Chemical Laboratory Methods

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Course title Chemical Laboratory Methods
Course code KCH/CHLM
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sirotek Vladimír, PaedDr. CSc.
  • Hrdlička Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Richtr Václav, Doc. Mgr. CSc.
Course content
1st Exercise Principles of safe work in chemical laboratory. Facilities and equipment of chemical laboratory. Types of (lab) chemical vessels and tools. Working with glass, cork and rubber. Cutting and bending glass tubes. Making capillaries, pipettes, balloons. Build a simple apparatus. 2nd Exercise Scales and weighing. Measuring of physical properties of substances. Weighing on technical and analytical balance. Determination of the weight of the object, the portion of the solids. Determination of the density of the liquid by pycnometer and hydrometers. Determination of the melting point of solids. 3rd Exercise Solutions. Preparation of solutions with desired composition. Determination of solubility of an unknown sample at various temperatures and construction of the solubility curve of the sample. 4th Exercise Basic procedures for purification and isolation of substances in chemical laboratory. Crystallization - free and disturbed. Distillation - fractional distillation and destillation by (vapour) steam. Sublimation. Drying. 5th Exercises Basic operations of volumetric analysis. Determination of composition of solution by titration. 6th Exercises Preparation, drying and storage of gases. Handling with pressure-bottles.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Skills demonstration, Individual study
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 39 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 8 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to define selected physicochemical quantities (cloth quantity, weight, volume, pressure, temperature, density, molar mass, pH)
define variables expressing system composition
explain the terms solubility of substances, crystallization, distillation
Skills
use quantities and units (weight, volume, cloth quantity, concentration, density)
to distinguish basic procedures for cleaning and insulating substances in the laboratory
learning outcomes
Knowledge
formulate principles of safe work in a chemical laboratory
to name the basic types of laboratory utensils and aids used in the laboratory
to describe the basic methods of work and procedures in the chemical laboratory
Skills
to apply theoretical knowledge to model situations when working in a laboratory
to perform basic cleaning and isolation procedures in the laboratory (crystallization, distillation)
determine the weight, volume and density of liquids and solids
assemble a simple device
to determine the solubility of the solid depending on the temperature
prepare solutions of the given composition and determine the exact composition of the solution by titration
teaching methods
Knowledge
Laboratory work
Skills demonstration
Individual study
assessment methods
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Bartovský, T.; Bartovská, L. Laboratorní technika II. Praha: SNTL, 1988.
  • Bartovský, T., Bartovská, L. Laboratorní technika I. SNTL Praha, 1986.
  • Drátovský, Milan. Laboratorní technika : Návody ke cvičení. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, 1982.
  • Eysseltová, Jitka; Lukeš, Ivan; Mička, Zdeněk. Základy laboratorní techniky. 2. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0783-2.
  • Lukeš, I; a kol. Laboratorní technika : Návody ke cvičení pro posluchače učitelského studia chemie. Praha: SPN, 1988.


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University of West Bohemia, date of update: 26.07.2024 23:53. Data created for academic year 2024/2025