BITS PILANI, DUBAI CAMPUS

ACADEMIC – UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES DIVISION

FIRST SEMESTER 2022-2023

Course Handout (Part II)

Date: 15/09/2022

In addition to part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the timetable) this portion gives further
specific details regarding the course.

Course No : CHEM F110 (0 2 1)

Course Title : Chemistry Laboratory
Instructor-in-charge : Dr.Geetha
Instructors : Dr. Vijaya Ilango, Dr.Geetha

Scope and objective of the course:

Chemistry laboratory course imparts practical knowledge of the branches of chemistry to the first year
students.
 To guide and motivate the students to be expertise in various experiments and related theories in
chemistry.
 To train the students and develop the skills in handling and operating scientific instruments with
confidence and in systematic acquisition and analysis of the data and their quantitative
interpretations

Course Pre/Co- requisite (if any) & Catalogue / Bulletin Description: Given in the Bulletin 2022– 2023

Study Material:
(a)Notes, EDD; BPDC, Laboratory Manual.
(b) R.T. Morrison and R. Boyd, Organic Chemistry, PHI, Sixth Edition, 1992.
Course plan / Schedule:

ORIENTATION - A general description of experiments, safety guidelines and

precautions to be taken in the Chemistry laboratory
No. of
S.No Topics to be covered Name of the Experiment lab
session
Preparation and Characterization of Aspirin
1 Organic Preparation 1
(Acetylsalicylic acid)
Inorganic Preparation Preparation of Co-ordination Complex
2 Tetrammine Copper (II) Sulphate Mono 1
hydrate
Estimation of Ferrous Sulphate by
3 Redox Titration 1
Permanganometry
Complexometry Determination of the Hardness of Water by
4 1
EDTA.

5 Qualitative Analysis of Organic Identification of Organic Compounds 1

compounds
Determination of Ionization Constant of a
6 Potentiometry 1
Weak Acid
7 Verification of Ostwald’s Dilution law 1
Electrochemistry
Determination of Solubility and Heat of
8 Solubility Solution of Sparingly Soluble Substance 1

Kinetics of Decoloration of Dye in Alkaline

9 1
Reaction Kinetics Condition
Colorimetric Estimation of Dye
10 Colorimetry 1
Concentration in Water Sample
 Evaluation scheme:

Component Duration Marks Weightage (%) Days & Time Venue

Sec 1 Mon34
Day-to-day 2 LectureHrs. Participation+ Sec 2 Mon89
performance /Session Performance+ Sec 3 Tue89 Chemistry
Viva +Record-14M 70 Sec 4 Wed89 Laboratory
(For each Sec 5 Th34
experiment) Sec 6 Th89 Room
No- 306
Comprehensive 100 Mins. Comprehensive 30 To be announced
Exam Practical - 60M

Mid-sem Grading:
Mid-sem grading will be displayed after the completion of five experiments.

Note: A student will be likely to get “NC”, if he / she

 Doesn’t appear / appear for the sake of appearing for the evaluation components / scoring zero in
pre-compre total.
 Scoring zero in the lab component / Abstaining from lab classes throughout.

Makeup and Attendance policies:

Make-ups are not given as a routine. It is solely dependent upon the genuineness of the circumstances
under which a student fails to appear in a scheduled evaluation component. In such circumstances, prior
permission should be obtained from the Instructor-in-Charge (I/C). The decision of the I/C in the above matter
will be final.

Attendance: Every student is expected to be responsible for regularity of his/her attendance in classrooms
and laboratories, to appear in scheduled tests and examinations and fulfill all other tasks assigned to him/her
in every course. A student should have a minimum of 60% of attendance in a course to be eligible to appear
for the Comprehensive Examination in that course. For the students under the purview of Academic
Counseling Board (ACB), the Board shall prescribe the minimum attendance requirement on a case-to-case
basis. Attendance in the course will be a deciding factor in judging the seriousness of a student which may
be directly / indirectly related to grading.

General instructions:
Students should come prepared for classes and carry the textbook(s) or material(s) as prescribed by the
Course Faculty to the class.

Notices:
All notices concerning the course will be displayed on the Chemistry laboratory Notice Board.

Instructor-in-Charge
CHEM F110

Instructors’ Contact Details:

Dr.Geetha (Instructor-In-Charge), Main block, Chamber No:237 ,Contact Tel: 042753700, Ext-319,
e-mail: geetha@dubai.bits-pilani.ac.in
Dr.Vijaya Ilango, Main block, Chamber No:139,Contact Tel:042753700,Ext-230,
e-mail: vilango@dubai.bits-pilani.ac.in