Integrating Computers into the First-Year Chemistry Laboratory: Application of Raoult's Law to a Two-Component System

R. Viswanathan and G. Horowitz
Department of Chemistry, Yeshiva College, New York, NY 10033
J. Chem. Educ., 1998, 75 (9), p 1124
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1124
Publication Date (Web): September 1, 1998
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Abstract

First-year chemistry students are introduced to a spreadsheet program to calculate the boiling points of a two-component solution containing a volatile solute. The boiling points are predicted by combining the Clausius-Clapeyron equation and Raoult's law. A simple experimental setup is used to measure the boiling points of solutions of varying compositions. A comparison is made between the theoretically predicted and experimentally measured boiling points.

Keywords (Audience):

First-Year Undergraduate / General

Keywords (Domain):

Laboratory Instruction

Keywords (Feature):

Computer Bulletin Board

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Computer-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Laboratory Computing / Interfacing
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