Due to environmental concerns, there is a need for laboratory course materials with an emphasis on greener methods of conducting chemistry experiments in AP high school and general chemistry college courses. The concept of green chemistry places a focus on the potential environmental impact of chemicals, specifically the reactants utilized, products created and the disposal of these chemicals. The developed procedures, through a focus both on the principles of green chemistry and the chemical principles behind the experiments, facilitate student conducted green chemistry laboratory investigations. Experiments developed in this research allow students to investigate the concepts of determination of the chemical formula for a compound, separation by paper chromatography, gravimetric analysis and stoichiometry.

Development of AP level green chemistry laboratory experiments investigating mass relationships and chromatography

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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