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Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory CHEM 236W (3)

A laboratory course complementing CHEM 230 with an emphasis on scientific writing, that is focused on developing fundamental inorganic chemistry laboratory skills and characterization techniques. Students prepare main-group and transition-metal compounds and analyze them using infrared and ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility, melting-point determination, and conductance measurements. Prerequisite: CHEM 126 with a minimum grade of C-. Corequisite: CHEM 230. Students with credit for CHEM 236 may not take this course for further credit. Writing.