Practical work has had a central and distinct role in chemistry. Experimentation is the essence of learning science. The purpose of doing experiments is to teach the principles of scientific inquiry, ...

THIS “Laboratory Manual of Physical Chemistry” covers only twenty-four experiments, but these are set out in detail with full references to the literature. An ample supply of blank pages is provided, ...

Sponsored by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. As a budding chemist in second grade, Henry F. Schaefer III quickly tired of the experiments outlined in the instructions of his chemistry set. When he ...

Physical chemists are focused on understanding the physical properties of atoms and molecules, the way chemical reactions work, and what these properties reveal. Their discoveries are based on ...