Inorganic chemistry laboratory 1

In the state-of-the-art Inorganic chemistry laboratory 1, up to 20 students can simultaneously perform simple general and inorganic laboratory operations.

The focus of the laboratory training lies upon learning how to perform basic chemical operations, how to apply them safely and how the latest laboratory equipment can be used safely. Students carry out chemical detection reactions to verify the identity of inorganic elements and substance groups, acquire fundamental knowledge of inorganic chemical substances, and apply their knowledge of chemistry to solve analytical problems.

In the advanced laboratory courses, students learn important preparatory methods for the synthesis of inorganic substance classes, especially salts, molecular compounds, gases, and complexes. They set up synthesis apparatus, carry out chemical reactions, and isolate synthesis products in their pure form to determine essential properties. Questions of laboratory and synthesis safety also play an important role from the very beginning. The infrastructure of the laboratory, such as the central vacuum and inert gas supply and the various heating and cooling facilities in the chemistry laboratory, help the students to apply the synthesis methods they have learned. All ten fume cupboards are equipped with natural gas, cooling water, rough vacuum, and nitrogen. Using centrifuges and light microscopes, solid compounds can be reliably separated from suspensions and examined optically. High-temperature furnaces realize temperatures up to 1200 °C, thereby enabling the targeted synthesis of inorganic solids and materials.

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