AP CHEMISTRY LABS
Chapters 1 & 2 – Chemical Foundations
1. AP-Separation of a Heterogeneous Mixture
2. Mass, Volume and Density (Lab 1-1a)
3. Chemical Plating of a Penny (Lab 1-4)
4. Density Determination (Lab 1)
5. Determining Atomic Mass (Lab 1-3)
6. Physical & Chemical Changes (Lab 1-2/Lab 2)
7. Determining Atomic Mass (Lab 3)
8. Mass Relationships and Chemical Changes (Lab
2-3)
9. Quantitative Separation of a Mixture
10. Conservation of Mass
11. Separation of Salts by Fractional Crystallization
12. Determining the Percent Silver in an Alloy
13. Percent Composition of a Cu Penny
Chapter 3 – Stoichiometry
New Labs Suggested by College Board
1. Determination of the Empirical Formula of a Tin
Oxide Compound
2. Determination of a Chemical Formula (Vernier)
3. Determination of the Formula of a Compound
4. AP – Lab#2: Determining the Percentage of Water
in a Hydrate
5. AP – Water of Hydration
6. AP – Determination of the Percent Water in a
Compound and its Empirical Formula
7. Determination of the Mole Ratio of a Chemical
Reaction
8. A Sequence of Chemical Reactions (The Copper
Cycle)
9. Determination of the Mole Ratio of a Chemical
Reaction (Vernier)
10. AP- Identification of an Unknown Substance
11. LAB – Mole Ratios in a Chemical Reaction
12. CHEM I LAB: Mass and Mole Relationships in a
Chemical Reaction
13. Mole Relationship in a Chemical Reaction (11)
14. Determining an Empirical Formula (LAB 3-3)
15. Determination of an Empirical Formula (Lab 4)
16. Lab #1: Determining the Empirical Formula of a
Compound
17. Determining Calcium Carbonate in an Eggshell
18. Quantitative Measurement of Vitamin C in Fruit
Juice
19. AP - Chemical Formulas
20. AP - Stoichiometry
21. Mass Relationships and Chemical Changes (LAB
2-3)
22. Solid Zinc Aqueous Lead Acetate Reaction
23. Stoichiometry of a Double Replacement Reaction
(Lab 3-4)
24. AP - Conversion of a Carbonate to a Chloride
25. AP – Gravimetric Analysis: The Determination of
Phosphorus in Plant Food
Chapter 4 – Aqueous Solutions
1. Precipitate Reaction: Sodium Iodide and Lead
Nitrate (Lab 4-3)
2. Sulfur Dioxide in Foods
3. Analysis of Commercial Bleach
4. Oxidation-reductiontitrations I: Potassium
Permanganate as an Oxidizing Agent
5. Percentage of Acetic Acid in Vinegar
6. AP - Oxidation-Reduction: Determine of Oxalate
7. Solubility Rules
8. Preparation of Solutions
9. Constructing a Solubility Curve for Potassium
Nitrate (Lab 13A)
10. AP – Quantitative Determination of Chloride Ion in
Solution, The Mohr Method
Chapter 5 – Gases
New Labs Suggested by College Board
1. AP – Molecular Weight of a Condensable Vapor
2. Determination of the Molar Mass of a Volatile
Liquid by Vapor Density
3. Experiment 14: Properties of gases: determination
of the molecular weight of a volatile liquid
4. Determination of the Gas Constant and Molar
Volume of a Gas
5. Quantitative Relationships between Gas Pressure
and Volume
6. Mass-Volume Relationships (Gas Stoichiometry)
7. AP - Determination of the Gas-Law Constant
Chapter 6 – Thermochemistry
New Labs Suggested by College Board
1. Enthalpy Change of a Reaction Using Hess’s Law
2. AP – Heat of Neutralization Lab
3. Hess’ Law and Heats of Reaction
4. Measurement of Heat of Reaction: Hess’ Law
(Vernier)
5. Temperature Change, Heat of Reaction, and
Enthalpy Change for Neutralization Reactions
6. Heats of Reactions
7. Heat of Combustion
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Chapter 7 – Atomic Structure
Chapters 8,9 – Chemical Bonding
1. Models of Molecular Compounds Lab
2. Lab 6B – VSEPR Theory and Shapes of
Molecules (done in Gen Chem)
3. Experiment 10 – Molecular Models and Shapes of
Molecules
Chapter 10 – Solids and Liquids
1. Lab 10-2 Vapor Pressure and the Molar Heat of
Vaporization (Claussius-Clapeyron Equation)
Chapter 11 - Properties of Solutions
New Labs Suggested by College Board
1. AP – Lab #7: Determining Molar Mass by
Freezing Point Depression
2. AP – Determination of Molar Mass by Freezing
Point Depression (Vernier)
3. AP - Freezing Point Depression with Antifreeze
4. Molar Mass Determination by Depression of the
Freezing Point
Chapter 12 – Kinetics
1. Rate of a Chemical Reaction
2. Experiment 37 - The Clock Reaction
3. Graphical Determination of the Order of a
Reaction (2 Versions)
4. Spectrophotometric Determination of an
Equilibrium Constant
5. Equilibrium and Le Chatelier’s Principle
6. Determination of the Rate of a Reaction, Its Order
and Its Activation Energy
Chapter 13 – Chemical Equilibrium
7. The Equilibrium Constant
8. Determining the Equilibrium Constant for an
Esterification
9. Determination of the Equilibrium Constant for a
Chemical Reaction (2 Versions)
10. Colorimetric Analysis & Determination of the
Equilibrium Constant for a Chemical Reaction
11. AP - Lab #11: Determination of a Chemical
Equilibrium Constant
12. Le Chatelier’s Principle
Chapter 14 - Acids and Bases &
Chapter 15 – Acid-Base Equilibrium
New Labs Suggested by College Board
1. Experimental Determination of pH
2. AP – Determining the Ka Values for a Weak Acid
and an Indicator
3. pH Titration and Indicators…Acid Content of Soda
4. AP – Selecting Indicators for Acid-Base Titrations
(Flinn)
5. AP - Determination of Ka of Weak Acids (Flinn)
6. Comparing Titration Curves for Strong and Weak
Acids
7. Hydrolysis of Salts
8. Volumetric Analysis: Acid/Base Titration Using
Indicators
9. LAB 8 – Titration Curves
10. AP - Acid Base Titrations (Flinn)
11. Buffers
Chapter 16 – Solubility Equilibrium &
Coordination Chemistry
New Labs Suggested by College Board
1. Ksp of Ca(OH)2
2. Solubility of Ionic Compounds: Determination of
Ksp
3. Separation and Qualitative Determination of
Cations and Anions
4. Laboratory 3: Synthesis of Alum from Aluminum
Scrap
5. The Synthesis of Alum
6. The Analysis of Alum
7. Analysis of Alum (Part II)
8. The Preparation of Common Alum from Scrap
Aluminum`
9. Qualitative Analysis of the Group I Cations: Ag+,
Pb+2, Hg22+
10. Coordination Complexes
Chapter 17 – Spontaneity /Free Energy
1. Spontaneity with Respect to the Universe Lab
2. Spontaneity with Respect to Free Energy
Chapter 18 – Electrochemistry
1. REDOX Reactions and Electrochemistry
2. Electrochemistry: Galvanic Cells
3. AP - Electrochemical Cells (Flinn)
4. Producing Metals with Electricity (Flinn)
5. Introduction to Electrochemistry (Flinn)
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Chapter 19 – Nuclear Chemistry Vernier Labs (See Spiral Bound Binder)

1. AP – Beta decay of 137Cs and the half-life of Temperature Probe Only

metastable 137Ba by gamma photon emission
2. Missou Nuclear Chem Labs 1. Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
a. Lab 19-1 Proper Operation of the Nucleus 2. Freezing and Melting of Water’
GM Tube Counter. 3. Another Look at Freezing Temperature
b. Lab 19-2 Radiation Counting Statistics 4. Heat of Fusion of Ice
c. Lab 19-3 Half-Life 5. Pressure Temperature Relationships in Gases
6. Fractional Distillation
7. Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions
8. Vapor Pressure of Liquids
9. Effect of Temperature on Solubility of a Salt
Chapter 20 – Organic Chemistry 10. Using Freezing Point Depression to Find
Molecular Weight
1. The Synthesis of Acetylsalicylic Acid – Asprin 11. Energy Content of Foods
2. Organic and Inorganic Synthesis Reactions: 12. Energy Content of Fuels
Esterification, Saponification, Reactions of Organic Alcohols, 13. Additivity of Heats of Reaction: Hess’s Law
Inorganic Synthesis
14. Heat of Combustion: Magnesium

Gas Pressure Sensor

Miscellaneous Labs
15. Boyle’s Law: Pressure-Volume Relationships in
Gases
1. Forensic Lab: Analysis of Over-the Counter 16. Pressure-Temperature Relationships in Gases
Drugs (Thin-Layer Chromatography) 17. Vapor Pressure of Liquids

pH Sensor

18. Household Acids and Bases

19. Acid Rain
20. Titration Curves of Strong and Weak Acids and
Bases
21. Acid-Base Titration
22. Titration of a Diprotic Acid: Identifying and
Unknown
23. Acid Dissociation Constant, Ka
24. Microscale Acid-Base Titration

Voltage Probe

25. Establishing a Table of Reduction Potentials:

Micro-Voltaic Cells
26. Lead Storage Batteries

Conductivity Probe

27. Properties of Solutions: Electrolytes and

Nonelectrolyes
28. Conductivity of Solutions: The effect of
Concentration
29. Using Conductivity to find an Equivalence Point

Colorimeter

30. Determining the Concentration of a Solution:

Beer’s Law
31. Chemical EquilibriumL Finding a Constant, Kc
32. Rate Law Determination of the Crystal Violet
Reaction