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Author Thompson, Robert Bruce

Title Illustrated guide to home chemistry experiments : all lab, no lecture / Robert Bruce Thompson
Edition 1st ed
Published Sebastopol, Calif. : O'Reilly Media, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 415 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series DIY science
DIY science
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Laboratory Safety -- 3. Equipping a Home Chemistry Lab -- 4. Chemicals for the Home Chemistry Lab -- 5. Mastering Laboratory Skills -- 6. Laboratory: Separating Mixtures -- 7. Laboratory: Solubility and Solutions -- 8. Laboratory: Colligative Properties of Solutions -- 9. Laboratory: Introduction to Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry -- 10. Laboratory: Reduction-Oxidation (Redox) Reactions -- 11. Laboratory: Acid-Base Chemistry -- 12. Laboratory: Chemical Kinetics -- 13. Laboratory: Chemical Equilibrium and Le Chatelier's Principle -- 14. Laboratory: Gas Chemistry -- 15. Laboratory: Thermochemistry and Calorimetry -- 16. Laboratory: Electrochemistry -- 17. Laboratory: Photochemistry -- 18. Laboratory: Colloids and Suspensions -- 19. Laboratory: Qualitative Analysis -- 20. Laboratory: Quantitative Analysis -- 21. Laboratory: Synthesis of Useful Compounds -- 22. Laboratory: Forensic Chemistry
Summary "For students, DIY hobbyists, and science buffs who can no longer get real chemistry sets, this one-of-a kind guide explains how to set up and use a home chemistry lab inexpensively, with step-by-step instructions for conducting experiments in basic chemistry - not just to make pretty colors and stinky smells, but to learn how to do real lab work with real equipment and real chemicals."--Jacket
Notes Print version record
Subject Chemistry -- Experiments.
Chemistry -- Laboratory manuals.
Chemistry -- Popular works
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- General.
Chemistry
Chemistry -- Experiments
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Laboratory manuals
Popular works
Laboratory manuals.
Manuels de laboratoire.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780596514921
0596514921
9780596154721
0596154720
9781449331429
1449331424