Students should also have familiarity, involving more than a single day’s experience, in such
general types of chemical laboratory work as:
- synthesis of compounds (solid and gas)
- separations (precipitations and filtration, dehydration, centrifugation, distillation,
chromatography) - observing and recording phase changes (solid-liquid-gas)
- titration using indicators and meters
- spectophotometry/colorimetry
- devising and utilizing a scheme for qualitative analysis of ions in solution
- gravimetric analysis
Note: The review of laboratory experiments in this book are not meant to replace detailed
laboratory procedures, disposal and safety concerns. Under NO circumstances are the sce-
narios for the labs to be used as directions for actually performing the laboratory work.
See the bibliography at the end of this book for a list of resources that provide detailed
directions.Part III: AP Chemistry Laboratory Experiments