This course is designed to provide basic knowledge of preparation, standardization and dilution of solutions to reduce the wastage of chemicals and valuable laboratory preparation time.
At the end of the course, the participants will be able to;
- Use significant figures and apply common chemical units.
- Aware of the proper use and importance of measurement statistics.
- Define and correctly use the terms solute, solvent, solution, aqueous and standard solution, concentration.
- Preparation and calculation of the concentration solutions in terms of molarity, molality, normality and percent solution.
- Prepare a stock solution and dilution using different dilution methods.
- Predict the solubility of different types of solutes and solvents, given the chemical properties of those compounds.
- Explain the dynamics of solutions using the concepts of equilibrium constant, solubility product, and common ion effect.
- Uncertainty and units in measurements.
- Definition and correctly use of the terms: solute, solvent, solution, aqueous solution, mole, molar, dilution series, parallel dilution, and serial dilution.
- Basic concepts of preparing solutions (molarity, percent solutions, conversion between percent solutions and molarity).
- Preparation of standard, stock and dilute solutions.
- Different ways to express the concentration of solution and dilution law, Concepts of equilibrium constant, solubility, solubility product, and common ion effect.
- Measurements skills and use of analytical balance.
- Preparation of solutions.
- Standardization of solutions.
- Dilution of solutions.
- Chemists.
- Lab technicians.
- Analytical chemists.
- Chemical Engineers.
5 Days
