Curated OER
Colorimetric Determination of the Concentration of Blue Food Coloring in Sport Drinks
Seventh graders determine the amount of blue food coloring in sports drinks and plot the concentration and absorbance data. They summarize the data and determine why companies need to know the amount of chemicals in their products.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Determining the Concentration of an Unknown Solution
Using the Virtual Laboratory design, students perform an experiment to determine the concentration of the unknown HCl solution to four significant figures.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Determining Reagent Concentrations
Using the Virtual Laboratory, design an experiment to quickly determine which of the two reagents, HCl or NaOH, is 10 times more concentrated than the other.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Determine the Concentration of Acetic Acid in Vinegar
A virtual lab where students determine the concentration of acetic acid in vinegar using a 0.110 M NaOH standard solution and an acid-base indicator, phenolphthalein.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Cola and Sucrose Concentration Problem
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to prepare a sucrose solution for a soda recipe. They next calculate the concentration of their solution in terms of molarity, percent mass and density. Finally, they compare the density of...
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Making Stock Solutions From Solids
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to create stock solutions starting from solid salts. Students must first calculate the correct amount of solid to make the solution. Next, they prepare the solution using the appropriate...
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Gravimetric Determination of Arsenic
Set in the context of ground water contamination in Bangladesh, this stoichiometry and analytical chemistry activity examines the issues around identifying wells contaminated with arsenic. In this activity, students perform a gravimetric...
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Unknown Concentration of Dna Solution Problem
In this advanced limiting reagent problem, students use the virtual lab to determine the concentration of a solution of DNA by reacting it with known amounts of a fluorescent dye which binds to the DNA.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Determine Concentration of a Solution: Beer's Law
Students can use a Colorimeter to determine the relationship between concentration and absorbance of nickel sulfate solution (Beer's law). They will then determine the concentration of a unknown sample using the standard curve.
Chem Tutor
Chem Tutor: Concentration
An overall summary of the major units of the concentration of a solution, including normality.