Chemistry 360 - Athabasca University

CHEM360 Report Book 2012-14IntroductionWelcome to Organic Chemistry 360’s Laboratory Report WorkbookThis Report Book, along with the 'Chemistry 360 Lab Manual', will help you prepare for four-five daysstraight of supervised lab instruction. All preparatory work in this report book (~12 h to finish, see liston page 3), may be completed and shown to the Chemistry Lab Co-ordinator / Lab Instructor prior tobeginning the labs.In order to successfully complete the laboratorycomponent, please be aware of the following 4 stepprocess of instruction. It is the intention of thisChem360 Report Workbook to provide you with themeans of completing all four steps.Step 1: First we tell you what you are going to do.Find out by reading the lab manual, doing the pre-labquestions in this report book, and filling out the Tableof Reagents etc., i.e., preparing for the labs at home.(By doing so you are able to work more efficiently inthe lab and the over-all time spent in the supervisedlab can be the usual 32 hours.)Step 2: Next we show you how to do it.When you come to the lab, a lab instructor willgive a safety orientation, followed by a seriesof mini lab lectures on each experiment.Various techniques will be demonstrated andyou will be shown how to handle chemicals,dispose of hazardous waste, and operate theequipment.1