AP CHEMISTRY LABS

Chapters 1 & 2 – Chemical Foundations Chapter 4 – Aqueous Solutions

1. AP-Separation of a Heterogeneous Mixture 1. Precipitate Reaction: Sodium Iodide and Lead

2. Mass, Volume and Density (Lab 1-1a) Nitrate (Lab 4-3)
3. Chemical Plating of a Penny (Lab 1-4) 2. Sulfur Dioxide in Foods
4. Density Determination (Lab 1) 3. Analysis of Commercial Bleach
5. Determining Atomic Mass (Lab 1-3) 4. Oxidation-reductiontitrations I: Potassium
6. Physical & Chemical Changes (Lab 1-2/Lab 2) Permanganate as an Oxidizing Agent
7. Determining Atomic Mass (Lab 3) 5. Percentage of Acetic Acid in Vinegar
8. Mass Relationships and Chemical Changes (Lab 6. AP - Oxidation-Reduction: Determine of Oxalate
2-3) 7. Solubility Rules
9. Quantitative Separation of a Mixture 8. Preparation of Solutions
10. Conservation of Mass 9. Constructing a Solubility Curve for Potassium
11. Separation of Salts by Fractional Crystallization Nitrate (Lab 13A)
12. Determining the Percent Silver in an Alloy 10. AP – Quantitative Determination of Chloride Ion in
13. Percent Composition of a Cu Penny Solution, The Mohr Method

Chapter 3 – Stoichiometry
Chapter 5 – Gases
New Labs Suggested by College Board
New Labs Suggested by College Board
1. Determination of the Empirical Formula of a Tin
Oxide Compound 1. AP – Molecular Weight of a Condensable Vapor
2. Determination of a Chemical Formula (Vernier) 2. Determination of the Molar Mass of a Volatile
3. Determination of the Formula of a Compound Liquid by Vapor Density
4. AP – Lab#2: Determining the Percentage of Water 3. Experiment 14: Properties of gases: determination
in a Hydrate of the molecular weight of a volatile liquid
5. AP – Water of Hydration 4. Determination of the Gas Constant and Molar
6. AP – Determination of the Percent Water in a Volume of a Gas
Compound and its Empirical Formula
7. Determination of the Mole Ratio of a Chemical
Reaction 5. Quantitative Relationships between Gas Pressure
8. A Sequence of Chemical Reactions (The Copper and Volume
Cycle) 6. Mass-Volume Relationships (Gas Stoichiometry)
7. AP - Determination of the Gas-Law Constant

9. Determination of the Mole Ratio of a Chemical Chapter 6 – Thermochemistry

Reaction (Vernier)
10. AP- Identification of an Unknown Substance
11. LAB – Mole Ratios in a Chemical Reaction New Labs Suggested by College Board
12. CHEM I LAB: Mass and Mole Relationships in a
Chemical Reaction 1. Enthalpy Change of a Reaction Using Hess’s Law
13. Mole Relationship in a Chemical Reaction (11) 2. AP – Heat of Neutralization Lab
14. Determining an Empirical Formula (LAB 3-3) 3. Hess’ Law and Heats of Reaction
15. Determination of an Empirical Formula (Lab 4) 4. Measurement of Heat of Reaction: Hess’ Law
16. Lab #1: Determining the Empirical Formula of a (Vernier)
Compound 5. Temperature Change, Heat of Reaction, and
17. Determining Calcium Carbonate in an Eggshell Enthalpy Change for Neutralization Reactions
18. Quantitative Measurement of Vitamin C in Fruit
Juice
19. AP - Chemical Formulas 6. Heats of Reactions
20. AP - Stoichiometry 7. Heat of Combustion
21. Mass Relationships and Chemical Changes (LAB
2-3)
22. Solid Zinc Aqueous Lead Acetate Reaction
23. Stoichiometry of a Double Replacement Reaction
(Lab 3-4)
24. AP - Conversion of a Carbonate to a Chloride
25. AP – Gravimetric Analysis: The Determination of
Phosphorus in Plant Food
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Chapter 7 – Atomic Structure Chapter 14 - Acids and Bases &

Chapters 8,9 – Chemical Bonding Chapter 15 – Acid-Base Equilibrium

1. Models of Molecular Compounds Lab New Labs Suggested by College Board

2. Lab 6B – VSEPR Theory and Shapes of
Molecules (done in Gen Chem) 1. Experimental Determination of pH
3. Experiment 10 – Molecular Models and Shapes of 2. AP – Determining the Ka Values for a Weak Acid
Molecules and an Indicator
3. pH Titration and Indicators…Acid Content of Soda
4. AP – Selecting Indicators for Acid-Base Titrations
(Flinn)
Chapter 10 – Solids and Liquids 5. AP - Determination of Ka of Weak Acids (Flinn)
6. Comparing Titration Curves for Strong and Weak
1. Lab 10-2 Vapor Pressure and the Molar Heat of Acids
Vaporization (Claussius-Clapeyron Equation) 7. Hydrolysis of Salts
8. Volumetric Analysis: Acid/Base Titration Using
Indicators
9. LAB 8 – Titration Curves
Chapter 11 - Properties of Solutions 10. AP - Acid Base Titrations (Flinn)
11. Buffers
New Labs Suggested by College Board
Chapter 16 – Solubility Equilibrium &
1. AP – Lab #7: Determining Molar Mass by Coordination Chemistry
Freezing Point Depression
2. AP – Determination of Molar Mass by Freezing New Labs Suggested by College Board
Point Depression (Vernier)
3. AP - Freezing Point Depression with Antifreeze 1. Ksp of Ca(OH)2
4. Molar Mass Determination by Depression of the 2. Solubility of Ionic Compounds: Determination of
Freezing Point Ksp
3. Separation and Qualitative Determination of
Cations and Anions
4. Laboratory 3: Synthesis of Alum from Aluminum
Chapter 12 – Kinetics Scrap
5. The Synthesis of Alum
1. Rate of a Chemical Reaction 6. The Analysis of Alum
2. Experiment 37 - The Clock Reaction 7. Analysis of Alum (Part II)
3. Graphical Determination of the Order of a 8. The Preparation of Common Alum from Scrap
Reaction (2 Versions) Aluminum`
4. Spectrophotometric Determination of an 9. Qualitative Analysis of the Group I Cations: Ag+,
Equilibrium Constant Pb+2, Hg22+
5. Equilibrium and Le Chatelier’s Principle 10. Coordination Complexes
6. Determination of the Rate of a Reaction, Its Order
and Its Activation Energy
Chapter 17 – Spontaneity /Free Energy
Chapter 13 – Chemical Equilibrium
1. Spontaneity with Respect to the Universe Lab
7. The Equilibrium Constant 2. Spontaneity with Respect to Free Energy
8. Determining the Equilibrium Constant for an
Esterification Chapter 18 – Electrochemistry
9. Determination of the Equilibrium Constant for a
Chemical Reaction (2 Versions)
10. Colorimetric Analysis & Determination of the 1. REDOX Reactions and Electrochemistry
Equilibrium Constant for a Chemical Reaction 2. Electrochemistry: Galvanic Cells
11. AP - Lab #11: Determination of a Chemical 3. AP - Electrochemical Cells (Flinn)
Equilibrium Constant 4. Producing Metals with Electricity (Flinn)
12. Le Chatelier’s Principle 5. Introduction to Electrochemistry (Flinn)
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Chapter 19 – Nuclear Chemistry Vernier Labs (See Spiral Bound Binder)

1. AP – Beta decay of 137Cs and the half-life of Temperature Probe Only

metastable 137Ba by gamma photon emission
2. Missou Nuclear Chem Labs 1. Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
a. Lab 19-1 Proper Operation of the Nucleus 2. Freezing and Melting of Water’
GM Tube Counter. 3. Another Look at Freezing Temperature
b. Lab 19-2 Radiation Counting Statistics 4. Heat of Fusion of Ice
c. Lab 19-3 Half-Life 5. Pressure Temperature Relationships in Gases
6. Fractional Distillation
7. Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions
8. Vapor Pressure of Liquids
9. Effect of Temperature on Solubility of a Salt
Chapter 20 – Organic Chemistry 10. Using Freezing Point Depression to Find
Molecular Weight
1. The Synthesis of Acetylsalicylic Acid – Asprin 11. Energy Content of Foods
2. Organic and Inorganic Synthesis Reactions: 12. Energy Content of Fuels
Esterification, Saponification, Reactions of Organic Alcohols, 13. Additivity of Heats of Reaction: Hess’s Law
Inorganic Synthesis
14. Heat of Combustion: Magnesium

Gas Pressure Sensor

Miscellaneous Labs
15. Boyle’s Law: Pressure-Volume Relationships in
Gases
1. Forensic Lab: Analysis of Over-the Counter 16. Pressure-Temperature Relationships in Gases
Drugs (Thin-Layer Chromatography) 17. Vapor Pressure of Liquids

pH Sensor

18. Household Acids and Bases

19. Acid Rain
20. Titration Curves of Strong and Weak Acids and
Bases
21. Acid-Base Titration
22. Titration of a Diprotic Acid: Identifying and
Unknown
23. Acid Dissociation Constant, Ka
24. Microscale Acid-Base Titration

Voltage Probe

25. Establishing a Table of Reduction Potentials:

Micro-Voltaic Cells
26. Lead Storage Batteries

Conductivity Probe

27. Properties of Solutions: Electrolytes and

Nonelectrolyes
28. Conductivity of Solutions: The effect of
Concentration
29. Using Conductivity to find an Equivalence Point

Colorimeter

30. Determining the Concentration of a Solution:

Beer’s Law
31. Chemical EquilibriumL Finding a Constant, Kc
32. Rate Law Determination of the Crystal Violet
Reaction