Lab Information
Before you attend each lab session, you should prepare for the experiment by
reading the lab manual and the textbook required reading.Report each individual determination,
the average with appropriate significant figures, the standard deviation, the
percent relative standard deviation (%RSD) for your data.Report Format
You should learn to use the spell-check facility that is built into your word processor
to avoid unclear or confusing writings as will lack of regard for grammar,
punctuation, and spelling which will affect your grade.Data Analysis and Results
You must clearly show each step of your analysis, by writing out each equation
used, followed by the calculation plugging in the relevant data, including the
appropriate units, even if the equation is explicitly stated in the lab manual.Unless
you are explicitly told otherwise in the data analysis instructions, if you studied
Do not show working for all replicate calculations, simply show one complete sample calculation for the first replicate. List and evaluate the possible sources of error (such as operator, random,
systematic, etc.) in the experiment.Discuss the most significant contributions to the error in this experiment and
describe specifically how each of these significant errors would have affected
your results (i.e., increased or decreased your answers).You should have a good
understanding of the purpose, details of the procedure, the use of all chemicals and
any significant hazards, and the underlying science of the experiment before you
come to lab.Give reasonable methods to eliminate or reduce these errors.Conclusions
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