Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments

408 DIY Science: Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments

droppers, 27

drops, partial, 79

drugs, illicit, 389–394

dry ice, safety, 254, 255

drying, 87–88

Dugan, Michael, 23

Dumas, Jen Baptiste André, 264

dust safety, 21

E

eating

contaminated food, 295

in lab, 11

oxalic acid, 311

ebullioscopic constant, 147

economy-grade glassware, 14–15

educational-grade glassware, 14–15

efflorescence, 117

electric

potential, 286

receptacles, 42

work, 285–286

electrochemistry

battery, 304–306

electrode potentials, 294–297

electrolysis of water, 287–290

energy transformation, 298–300

everyday, 286

iron oxidation, 291–293

overview, 285–286

voltaic cell, 301–303

electrode potentials, 294–297

electrodes, 36

electrolysis

defined, 285

electrode potentials, 294–297

water, 287–290

electrolytic cell, 287–290,

294–297, 304–306

Elemental Scientific, 66

elevation, boiling point, 147, 149–152

emulsion, 317–318

end point, 78

endothermic energy, 271

energy

activation, 309

electric potential, 285–286

endothermic, 271

exothermic, 271

thermal, 280

transformation, chemical to

electric, 298–300

enthalpy

change, chemical reactions,

280–282

change, of solution, 271–273

of fusion, 274–275

equilibrium, chemical. See chemical

equilibrium

equipment

balances, 30–32

batteries, 36

corks, 36–38

electrodes, 36

glassware, 22–30

group buying, 13

heat sources, 32–33

junk collecting, 41

pH measuring, 34–35

pipetters, 34

recommended, 38–41

ring stands, 33–34

rubber stoppers, 36–37

safety, 10

scoops, 35–36

spatulas, 35–36

spoons, 35–36

thermometers, 35

equivalence point, 78

Erlenmeyer flasks, 17, 19

errata, xiii

error, absolute versus relative, 81

esterification, 374

esters, 374

estimating, 69

ethanol

mass-to-volume percentage

solution, 140–141

purifying, 97–100

evaporating

dishes, 21

procedure, 87–88

everyday

acid-base chemistry, 192

calorimetry, 270

chemical equilibrium, 230

chemical kinetics, 212

chemical reactions, 162

colligative properties, 148

colloids, 320

electrochemistry, 286

gas chemistry, 247

Le Chatelier’s Principle, 230

photochemistry, 310

qualitative analysis, 331

quantitative analysis, 356

redox reactions, 182

solutions, 125

suspensions, 320

synthesizing compounds,

3 73–374

thermochemistry, 270

exam, AP Chemistry, 2–4, 5

exothermic

activation energy, 309

dangers, 25

energy, 271

explosion shield, 11

explosives, 11

extraction, 84, 105–107

eye protection, 9, 10

eyedroppers, 27

eyewash station, 10

F

FCC (Food Chemical Codex) grade

chemicals, 47

ferric chloride reagent, 390

filter

flasks, 17–18, 19, 83

paper, 36, 83–84, 108

filtering, barium sulfate, 369

filtrand, 83

filtrate, 83

Filtration

gravity, 83–84

vacuum, 83

fingerprints, latent, 395–398

fire diamond, NFPA 704, 49–50

fire extinguisher, 10

fire hazards, 11

firefighting foam, 324–325

first-aid kit, 10

flame test, metal ions, 332–335

flames, open, 33