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TheLaboratoryNotebook
TheLaboratoryNotebook
Your notebook will serve as a permanent record of your experimental work. It will contain the
informationyouneedtocompleteyourworkefficientlyandsafely,andyouwillusetheinformation
containedinyournotebooktowritelaboratoryreportsexplainingyourresults.Forthesereasons,itis
importantthatyournotebookbecompleteandaccurate.Asageneralrule,agoodnotebookisonefrom
whichsomeoneelsecanrepeatyourexperimentalworkinthesamewaythatyouhavedoneit.
I.GeneralGuidelines:
1.Yournotebookmustbebound,thepagesnumbered,andhaveacarboncopy.
2.Writeyourname,thecoursename,andsection#onthecoverorfrontpage.
3.Alwaysusepermanentink,notpencil.
4.WriteitdownNOW.Yournotebookisalogofwhatyoudoasyoudoit.
5.Usecompletesentences.
6. Write everything in your notebook. Weights, temperatures, everything! When recording
experimentaldata,alwaysincludeunits.
7.Donoterase!Ifyoumakeanerror,drawasinglelinethroughit,andcontinue.Theoriginal
statementshouldstillbelegible.
8.Neverremoveoriginalpagesfromyournotebook.Youmayremovecarboncopies.
9.Dateeverypageasyouuseit.
10.Writelegibly!Ifyournotebookisillegibleitwillnotbegraded.
II.TheNotebook:
Eachexperimentrecordedinyournotebookshouldcontainthesectionsoutlinedbelow.Acarbon
copyofyournotebookpageswillbecollectedattheendofeachlaboratoryperiodandwillgradedas
apartofyourlabreport.Latenotebookpageswillnotbeaccepted.
SectionsAEmustbecompletedbeforeyoubegintheexperiment.Thisistheprelab.YourTAwill
verifythatthissectioniscomplete. Youwillnotbeallowedtoproceedwiththeexperimentifyou
havenotcompletedtheprelab.
SectionF,theExperimental,isrecordedasyouproceedeachday.
Prelab:Completedbeforeyouarrive.
A.Title:
Givetheexperimentanaccurate,descriptivetitle.
B.Purpose:
Discussthegeneralpurposeoftheexperimentintwoorthreesentences.Iftheexperimentisa
synthesis (as opposed to a technique), write the chemical equation, including reagents and
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expectedproduct(s).Formultistepsyntheses,writeoneequationforeachtransformation,including
thepreparationofreagents.
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C.References:
Citethereferenceuponwhichyourexperimentalprocedureisbased.Inmostcasesthiswillbe
yourlaboratorymanualand/orasupplementalhandout.Alsocitethesource(s)oftheinformation
foundintheChemicalProperties&Safetytable(partD).
D.ChemicalProperties&Safety:
Makeatablethatliststhechemicalpropertiesofallreactants,reagents,andsolventsthatyouwill
beusingintheexperimentaswellasfortheproductsyouwillmake.Thistableshouldincludethe
nameofthecompound,MW,density,mp,bp,etc.Foreachcompound,alsolistthetoxicity(if
known),andanyotherimportantsafetyinformation(flammable,corrosive,irritant,etc.).Some
usefulreferencesareprovidedattheendofthishandout.Asampletableisshownbelow:
E.ResearchPlan:
Thissectionwillincludespecificinstructionsonhowtoperformthelab.Itmustbecomplete
before you arrive. In combination with the Experimental (Section F; completed during the
experiment),anyreadershouldbeabletorepeattheexperimentasyoudiditbasedonwhatyou
havewrittenhere.Topreparethissection:
Splitthenotebookpageinhalfvertically(thishasbeendoneforyouinthenotebooklisted
forthiscourse).
Brieflyoutlinetheprocedureyouwillfollowonthelefthandsideofthepage.Leavetheright
hand side blank. You will use it later to record procedural modifications, data, and
observationswhenyouactuallyperformtheexperiment(sectionF).
Youdonotneed tousecomplete sentences whenpreparing the researchplan, butyour
outlineshouldprovideenoughdetailthatyoucanworkdirectlyfromyournotebook,using
yourlabmanualonlyasareferenceforclarification.Includetheamountsofreagentsyou
expecttouse.Asappropriatealsorecordreagentpurityand/orconcentration.
Incorporateanychangesthatweremadeinthelablecture.
Use your own words. Do not copy directly from the text or handout (this constitutes
plagiarism!).
Iftherearemultiplepartstoanexperiment,youmustprovideanoutlineforeachpart.
Thisisalsotheplacetodrawanyspecializedlaboratorysetupsthatyouwilluse.
ExperimentalSection:Recordedasyouproceedeachday.
F.Experimental:
Thissectionofyournotebookiswrittenduringthecourseofalaboratoryperiod,andshouldbe
recorded on the right hand side of the pages that contain the Research Plan (section E). An
examplefollows.Thisportionofthenotebookisarecordofwhatyoudoasyoudoit.Youdonot
neadtorewritetheentireprocedure,butyouwillneedtonoteanydeviationsfromtheResearch
Plan.Recordyourdataandobservationscompletelyandaccurately.Theinformationincludedhere
may help you understand later if your experiment was successful, or what went wrong. This
sectionmustbecompletedbeforeyouleavethelabfortheday.
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Describeanychangestotheprocedurethatyoumakeduringthecourseoftheexperiment.
Recordtheactualamountofreactants,reagentsandsolventsthatyouuse.Includeunits.
Recordyourobservations.Includeanythoughtsyouhaveaboutwhatmaybegoingon.Note
anydifficultiesthatyouencounter.
Makesuretorecordanymeltingpoints,boilingpoints,weights,etc.beforeyouleavethelab
whetheryouthinkyouneedthemornot.Chancesarethatyouwill.DrawingsofTLCplates
shouldalsobeincludedhere.Besureyourdataisclearlylabelledsuchthatsomeoneelse
wouldbeabletofigureoutwhatitrepresents.
Dontforgettorecordthephysicalcharacteristicsofanycompoundsyouisolate(e.g.solid,
liquid,shapeofcrystals,color,etc.).Haspurificationresultedinanyphysicalchange?
Other things you might wish to record: the formation and identification of layers, the
evolutionofheatorgas,theformationandcharacteristics ofaprecipitate,reactiontime,
unknownnumberifapplicable,oryourpartnersname(ifany)formostexperimentsyou
willworkindependantly.
Attheendofeachdayinitialanddatewhatyouhavewritten.
SubmitacarboncopyofyournotebookpagestoyourTAbeforeyouleaveeachday.These
pages will be graded as part of your laboratory report (Appendix D). Late notebook
pageswillnotbeaccepted.
Belowisanexampleoftheresearchplan,withexperimentaldetails,data,andobservationsfilledinas
theywouldbeduringthelaboratoryperiod.
III.References:
Thefollowingreferenceswillbehelpfulasyoucompleteyourprelab.Youwillfindallofthese
sourcesinthereferencesection(room103)oftheScienceandTechnologyLibraryorontheweb.
Pleasefamiliarizeyourselfwiththemasyouwillusethemfrequentlythroughoutthesemester.
GeneralChemicalProperties&Safety:
1.AldrichCatalogofFineChemicals.
TP202.A43
2.CRCHandbookofChemistryandPhysics
QD65.H231
3.TheMerckIndex
RS356.M524
4.DictionaryofOrganicCompounds
QD251.D51996
5.Lange'sHandbookofChemistry
QD65.L362
6.HazardousChemicalsDeskReference
T55.3.H3L492002
7.Sax'sDangerousPropertiesofIndustrialMaterials
T55.3.H3L4942000
ResourcesontheWeb:
1.SIRIMSDSIndex*
http://hazard.com/msds/index.php
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2.SigmaAldrichHomePage
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com
3.Reaxys
www.reaxys.com(oncampusonly);citeprimarylit.
*TheMaterialsSafetyDataSheet(MSDS)isthebestsourceforsafetyinformation.Many
chemicalpropertiescanalsobefoundhere.
IV.SampleNotebookPage
EXP NUMBER EXPERIMENT/SUBJECT
DATE
37
9/15/10
LOCKER/DESKNO COURSE & SECTION NO.
NAME
Polly Ester
Na BH 4
CH 3 OH
OH
H
OH
MW
(g/mol)
152.24
37.8
mp
(C)
179-180
---
bp
(C)
-----
density
(g/mL)
-----
methanol
ethyl ether
isoborneol
32
74
154.25
----212-214
64
35
---
miscible
0.71
---
safety
harmful if swallowed
severe irritant, may cause
burns, keep away frm water
toxic
flammable
flammable, irritant
Research Plan
Experimental
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