Fundamental skills before doing experiments: using a laboratory notebook, pre-lab preparation, percent yield calculations, and finding reliable pre-lab information.
SummaryHeating is essential in organic chemistry, but it is also one of the main sources of fires and burns in the lab. To use heat safely, avoid open flames around flammable solvents, prefer hot plates and heating mantles, keep solvent bottles and waste containers away from hot surfaces, and never leave an active heater unattended. … Read more
SummaryTo stay safe in an organic chemistry lab, you should always wear a lab coat, goggles and suitable gloves, keep flames and hot surfaces away from flammable solvents, and handle volatile or toxic chemicals in a fume hood. Never eat, drink or pipet by mouth in the lab, wash your hands when you finish, and … Read more