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Written Laboratory
Report
CHENG 325
Prepared by: Dr. A.Ghani Nahesi

Basic components of the Report
Cover page, title page
Abstract
Table of contents
I. Introduction and background
II. Theory
III. Industrial applications
IV. Apparatus and Procedures
V. Results
VI. Discussion
VII. Conclusions
VIII. Recommendations
IX. References
X. Appendices
a) Raw data
b) Sample calculations
XI. Nomenclature
Outside Cover Page
 Title of the experiment
 Your name(s)
 Course code/title
 Semester, date of experiment was performed,

date of submission
The paper used for this cover page should be
a slightly heavier weight than the other
pages of the report.
Title page
 Include experiment title and all of the
author’s names
 Next to each name must be a line containing
the signature (hand written) for each author
and a percentage (typed) indicating the
contribution of each author
 A report will not be accepted without all
signatures and percentages
Abstract
 Information on what/how was studied
 State specifically your experimental results, if
they agree with theory,
 The most important findings and conclusion
 This may be the only section most people
read
Table of Contents
 List of the sections used in the report with
page numbers designating the first page of the
section.
Introduction & Background
 Introduce the reader to the presented
material
 Purpose and the objectives of the experiment
 Significance of the experiment
 Briefly pertinent historical information on
the subject, experiment done on the subject
If you cannot convince the reader at this

point that your work is worth reading, it
may never get read
Theory
 Theoretical and experimental background
 Assumptions for equations and correlations
used to analyze the data
 All equations must be numbered
 References should be given
Industrial Applications
 Overview concerning the potential industrial
applications of the equipment and or process
studies
Apparatus and Procedures
 Description of the experimental apparatus
and procedures used,
 Drawn illustration of the experimental setup
 Show equipment items, the flow of materials,
and all control valves and other important
valves,
 Identify all measurement points for T, flow
rates, pressure, etc. and all sampling points
 Include physical dimension when important
to do so,
 Equipment diagram should be original work
 The equipment diagram should go hand in
hand with a description of the apparatus
 Describe the apparatus in the text
 For the procedure, clearly describe what you
did
 Any equipment, valves, etc. mentioned in the
procedure should be shown on the
equipment diagram
 Should be written in prose (not a list)
 Should not be written as instruction manual
Results
 Clarity here is of the greatest importance,
 Use a few, well-constructed graphs along
with supporting descriptive text
 Include any models, literature data,
correlations, etc. on the same graph for later
discussion,
 Numerical results must include estimation of
error
Discussion
 Refer to your results, how were your
calculations done? What measured and what
was calculated?
 Discuss the effect changes in the experimental
variables on the results
 Compare your results with predictions and
Explain any differences
 Sources and magnitudes of errors
Conclusions
 Based on the obtained results tell what
specific conclusions you have drawn
Recommendations
 Additional work or modifications of current
procedure, equipment, etc.
References
 Alphabetical order by lead author
 Only references actually cited in the report
should be listed
 All citations should be referenced; all
references should be cited,
 References should be in the format specified
on the hand out
Examples
Appendices
 Materials not included in the main body of
the report but relevant to it.
 Calculations, derivations, calibration curves,
computer programs
 Appendix A Raw data
 Appendix B Sample of calculations
Nomenclature
 List all variables found in your report
 Indicate the dimensions or units of each
variable
 List in alphabetical order
 Greek letter grouped together at the end in
alphabetical order

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Prepared by: Dr. A.Ghani Nahesi

 Semester, date of experiment was performed,

If you cannot convince the reader at this

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