Blockly Extension: Types of Bonding
Students design code to determine whether a solid compound is ionic or covalent based on conductivity sensor measurements of aqueous solutions.
Percent Copper in Brass (Spectrometer)
Students use a spectrometer to create a Beer's law plot of known copper solution concentrations from...
Hydrogen Emission and Absorption Spectra
Students use a spectrometer, fiber optics cable, a hydrogen gas spectrum lamp, and the sun to compare...
Equilibrium of Sugar Mutarotation
Students use a polarimeter to determine the α- and β-anomer concentrations of a D-glucose solution at equilibrium, and calculate the equilibrium constant.
Sunscreens: Conjugation and UV Protection
Students use a UV-Vis spectrometer to observe the absorbance of various suncreens in the UVA and...
Analysis of Aspirin Tablets
Students use a UV-Vis spectrometer to determine the mass of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in a single aspirin tablet and compare the results to the ASA content...
Sugar Concentration through Polarimetry: Biot's Law
Students use a polarimeter and Biot's law to determine the unknown concentration of several sucrose...
Kinetics of Sugar Rotation
Students use a polarimeter determine reaction order and rate constant of an acid-catalyzed sucrose hydrolysis reaction and an invertase-catalyzed reaction.
Specific Rotation of Sugar
Students use a polarimeter to experimentally determine the specific rotation of the sucrose molecule.
Sugar Concentration through Polarimetry
Students use a polarimeter to determine the unknown concentration of a sucrose solution.
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