This course is
designed to ensure that all the students regardless of their educational
backgrounds are competent in necessary laboratory skills. These skills include
but are not limited to the use of an analytical balance, volumetric glassware,
various pipettes, performing titrimetric and spectrophotometric determinations
and learning the proper use and calibration of microscopes and centrifuges. The
content of this pdf are : Inorganic Chemistry Lab, Introduction Lab Techniques:
Inorganic Chemistry, Identification of Anions, Identification of Cations,
Organic Chemistry Lab, Introduction Lab Techniques: Organic Chemistry,
Separation Techniques, Qualitative Analysis, Physical Chemistry Lab,
Introduction Lab Techniques: Physical Chemistry, Determination of Surface
Tension, Determination of Viscosity, Ph Measurement, Thermochemistry.
Author(s): School
of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Uttarakhand Open University
This source supplies a
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