Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments

Index 409

flasks
filter, 83
measuring with, 74–75
safety, 19
separatory, 84
types, 16–18
volumetric, 25–26
flint-glass, 14
flocculants, 318
flooring, 42
Florence flasks, 17, 19
foam, 317–318, 324–325
food items
contaminated, safety, 295
eating, 11
oxalic acid, 311
forensic chemistry
blood, detecting, 386–388
illicit drugs, 389–394
latent fingerprints, 395–398
Marsh Test, 385, 399–402
overview, 385–386
formaldehyde, safety, 390
format, laboratory notebook, 5–7
forums, xiii
forward reaction rates, 229
freezing point depression,
1 47, 153–155
French Square bottles, 19
fruit
battery, 304–306
electrode potentials, 294–297
fuel-air explosives (FAEs), 216
full-immersion thermometers, 35
fuming, fingerprints, 395–398
funnels, 18, 105
fusion, heat of, 274–275

G
galvanic cell, 287, 294–297
galvanizing, 182
garage as work area, 43
garden shed as work area, 43
gas burners, 32–33, 86–87
gas chemistry
Avogadro’s Principle, 246
Boyle’s Law, 246, 248–252
Charles’ Law, 246, 253–256
Combined Gas Law, 246

everyday, 247

Gay-Lussac’s Law, 246, 257–259

Ideal Gas Law, 246, 260–263,

264–26 7

Joule-Thompson effect, 245

overview, 245–247

gas chromatography, 108

gasoline

napalm, 326–329

safety, 327

Gay-Lussac’s Law, 246, 257–259

gelled sol, 326–329

gels, 317

glacial acetic acid, 236–238

glassware

beakers, 15–16

Beral pipettes, 27

bottles, 18–20

burettes, 25, 78–80

cleaning, 77, 90–91

crucibles, 21

disposable pipettes, 27

droppers, 27

economy-grade, 14–15

educational-grade, 14–15

evaporating dishes, 21

flasks, 16–18, 19

funnels, 18

graduated cylinders, 22–24

group buying, 13

hazards, 11

lab equipment, 14–30

legality, 14

microscale, 26–27

mortar and pestle, 21

overview, 14–15

pipettes, 24, 75–78

reaction plates, 27

recommended, 28–30

solution storage, 125

stirring rods, 21

TC (To Contain), 22–23, 24

TD (To Deliver), 22–23, 24

test tubes, 15

tubing, 21, 88–90

vials, 18–20

volumetric, 22–26

volumetric flasks, 25–26, 74–76

watch glasses, 21

gloves, 10

goggles, splash, 9, 10

Good Manufacturing Practices,

current (cGMP), 47

grades, chemicals, 47–48

graduated cylinders, 22–24, 79–81

gravity filtration, 83–84

Griffin beakers, 16

grinding safety, 21

group buying

chemicals, 45

lab equipment, 13

groupings, cations, 343

guidelines, laboratory notebook, 5–7

H

half-cells, 295, 301–303

half-reactions, electrode potentials,

294–29 7

Handling Chemicals Properly ...........................................................................................................

contamination, 71–72

safety, 52–58

heat. See also calorimetry;

temperature; thermochemistry

of fusion of ice, 274–275

of solution, 271–273

versus temperature, 269

Using Heat Sources ..........................................................................................................................

alcohol lamps, 32, 86

drying, 87–88

evaporating, 87–88

gas burners, 32–33, 86–87

hotplates, 33

safety, 33, 85–86

superheating, 85

heavy-metals, disposal, 57–58

high-altitude baking, 149

high-form beakers, 16

Holmes, Sherlock, 386–387

home page, xiii

Home Science Tools, 15, 67

horseplay, 11

hotplates, 33

hybrid batteries, 304–306

hydrate, formula of, 116–119

hydrated, compound form, 116

hydration, water of, 116