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Practical Skills in Chemistry

• Practical Skills in Chemistry


• Practical Skills in Chemistry


• Pearson Education Limited


• Contents


• List of boxes


• Preface to the third edition


• Guided tour


• For the student


• Chapters  1?7 (The investigative approach)


• Chapters  8?12 (Fundamental laboratory techniques)


• Chapters  13?28 (Laboratory techniques)


• Chapters  29?40 (Instrumental techniques)


• Chapters  41?57 (IT, internet and data analysis)


• Chapters  58?65 (Study and examination skills)


• Chapters  66?71 (Communicating information)


• Study exercises


• Figures


• Screenshots


• Tables


• Picture Credits


• List of abbreviations


• The investigative approach


• 1 Essentials of practical work


• Being prepared


• Basic requirements


• Recording practical results


• Calculators


• Presenting more advanced practical work


• Source for further study


• Study exercises


• 2 Health and safety


• Risk assessment


• The risk assessment process


• Hazard statements


• Precautionary statements


• Guidance notes for completing the COSHH form


• Basic rules for laboratory work


• Sources for further study


• Study exercises


• 3 Making measurements


• Variables


• Quantitative variables


• Ranked variables


• Qualitative variables (attributes)


• Measurement scales


• Accuracy and precision


• Bias (systematic error) and consistency


• Measurement error


• Sources for further study


• Study exercises


• 4 SI units and their use


• Recommendations for describing meas