About the book

This selection of laboratory experiments in general and inorganic chemistry is intended for students preparing themselves for specialities other than chemical. The book is the result of many years of experience the authors acquired in teaching chemistry at the Moscow Institute for Steel and Alloys.

The textbook covers material in all fields of general chemistry and deals with all groups of chemical elements in the periodic table. The experiments are described and interpreted from the point of view of the modern theory of the structure of substances and chemical thermodynamics.

There is no theoretical discussion in this textbook, but the experimental part of each chapter is preceded by questions and problems for independent study before the student proceeds to practical work in the laboratory. A given property or a phenomenon is often demonstrated by several experiments with different substances, and therefore the instructor can choose experiments to meet the special requirements of the curriculum.

CONTENTS

1. Laboratory Equipment and Safety Rules. Special Features of Semimicromethod
2. Purification of Substances. Conversions of Chemical Compounds
3. Atomic Theory
4. Rate of Chemical Reactions. Chemical Equilibrium
5. Enthalpy of Chemical Reaction
6. Solutions. Electrolytic Dissociation
7. Solubility Product
8. Hydrogen Ion Concentration (pH). Buffer Solutions. Hydrolysis of Salts
9. Oxidation-reduction Reactions
10. Electrochemical Processes
11. Complex Compounds
12. Elements of Subgroups VIIA
13.  Elements of Subgroups VIA
14. Elements of Subgroups VA
15. Elements of Subgroups IVA
16. Elements of Subgroups IIIA
17. Elements of Subgroups IIB
18. Elements of Subgroups IB
19. Elements of Subgroups VIIIB
20. Elements of Subgroups VIIB
21. Elements of Subgroups VIB
22. Elements of Subgroups VB
23. Elements of Subgroups IVB
24. Elements of Subgroups IIIB
25. Elements of Subgroups IIA
26. Elements of Subgroups IA
27. Titrimetric Determinations
28. Methods of Physicochemical Analysis 

Appendix