Experiments for Living Chemistry
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1977
- Author: David Ucko
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 7 0 6 9 5 6 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 6 0 2 0 - 9
Experiments for Living Chemistry provides practical, ""hands-on"" experiments illustrating the concepts, substances, and techniques that are important to students in the… Read more
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Request a sales quoteExperiments for Living Chemistry provides practical, ""hands-on"" experiments illustrating the concepts, substances, and techniques that are important to students in the health-related sciences. Many of these experiments are based on physiological substances to show students how chemical principles apply to the functioning of their own bodies, while other experiments use cut-outs to help students visualize such complex concepts as bonding and protein synthesis. This book is organized into 23 chapters that correspond on a chapter by chapter basis with the Living Chemistry textbook. The first five chapters include discussions on matter, measurement, chemical bonding, compounds, chemical change, gases, and respiration. The subsequent chapters deal with water, solutions, acids, bases, salts, hydrocarbons, and nuclear and organic chemistry. Other chapters explore the oxygen and other derivatives of the hydrocarbons, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, enzymes, and digestion. Considerable chapters are devoted to the metabolism of carbohydrate, energy, lipid, and proteins. The remaining chapters examine the heredity and protein synthesis, vitamins, hormones, body fluids, drugs, and poisons. At the end of each chapter, there are sets of questions designed to help the student relate the laboratory experiments to the textbook and to the lecture portion of the course. Each experiment in the chapter has a corresponding question set that should be answered only after the experiment has been completed. This book is an invaluable study guide to chemistry teachers and undergraduate students.
Safety Rules Common Laboratory Equipment 1 Matter and measurement To measure lengths in the metric system To measure volumes in the metric system using a graduated cylinder To measure the mass of objects using a balance To calculate the densities of solids and liquids To operate a Bunsen burner To measure temperatures in the Celsius system Questions 2 The composition of matter To demonstrate an understanding of atomic structure by completing a worksheet To identify examples of elements To demonstrate an understanding of the periodic table Questions3 Chemical bonding To demonstrate the formation of covalent and ionic bonds To test for the presence of certain ions Questions4 Compounds and chemical change To compare the properties of a mixture and a compound To carry out chemical reactions To demonstrate the law of conservation of mass Questions5 Gases and respiration To observe properties of gases To prepare oxygen To prepare carbon dioxide and observe its properties Questions6 Water To observe the properties of water To purify water using different methods To convert hard water to soft water using an ion-exchange resin Questions7 Solutions To determine the relative solubilities of solids and liquids To prepare solutions of known concentration To prepare examples of colloids To observe the effects of osmosis and dialysis Questions 8 Acids, bases, and salts To observe the effects of pH on the colors of indicators To observe the properties of acids To perform a titration of gastric juice To observe the effect of a buffer solution Questions9 Nuclear chemistry and radiation To measure radioactivity using a Geiger counter To print a photograph Questions 10 Organic Chemistry-hydrocarbons To build ball-and-stick models of hydrocarbon molecules To observe reactions of hydrocarbons Questions11 Oxygen derivatives of the hydrocarbons To observe the properties of and perform chemical reactions involving alcohols To observe properties of and perform reactions involving carboxylic acids To prepare esters by reacting alcohols with carboxylic acids Questions12 Other organic derivatives and polymers To observe the chemical properties of amides To prepare a polymer-nylon Questions13 Carbohydrates To perform tests for carbohydrates To test urine for the presence of carbohydrates To carry out the hydrolysis of carbohydrates Questions14 Lipids To observe the properties of lipids To prepare soap by saponification To perform tests for cholesterol Questions15 Proteins To perform tests for proteins To isolate a protein, casein, from milk To separate amino acids by paper chromatography To denature a protein Questions 16 Enzymes and digestion To digest starch with an enzyme from saliva To determine amylase activity Questions 17 Energy and carbohydrate metabolism To perform a test for lactic acid To perform a quantitative test for glucose using a spectrophotometer Questions 18 Metabolism of lipids To perform tests for ketone bodies To determine the fat content of a food sample To record the caloric intake of one day's diet Questions 19 Metabolism of proteins To prepare urea To test for proteins in urine To test for uric acid Questions20 Heredity and protein synthesis To isolate ribonucleic acid and test for its components To test for phenylpyruvic acid To determine the arrangement of a tetrapeptide based on a DNA sequence Questions21 Vitamins and hormones To analyze a daily diet for vitamin content To test the vitamin C content of foods Questions22 Chemistry of the body fluids To test urine for several components To determine the percent of mineral in milk Questions23 Drugs and poisons To test for the presence of drugs To isolate caffeine from a cola drink To test food for an additive QuestionsAppendix A Equipment Appendix B Chemicals Appendix C Periodic Table Appendix D International table of atomic weights
- No. of pages: 207
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1977
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780127069562
- eBook ISBN: 9780323160209
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