Exam Details

Subject Laboratory Techniques in Chemistry
Paper
Exam / Course Certificate Programme in Laboratory Techniques
Department School of Sciences (SOS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words chosen from those given in the brackets alongside for the following. Answer any ten.

Camphor is a (sublimate, nitrate)

Starch forms a with water. (solution, suspension)

Washing soda is sodium (bicarbonate, carbonate)

H2S gas is prepared in apparatus. Thiele's)

Etheris than water. (heavier, lighter)

Impurities will the boiling point of a liquid. (increase, decrease)

Soda glass is in colour. (green, blue)

Bromine is a coloured gas. (violet, brown)

Vinegar is a dilute solution of (acetic acid, formic:; acid)

In TLC, is used as an adsorbent. (silica gel, polyacrylamide)

Sodium metal is kept in (kerosene, alcohol)

Potash alum is a salt. (double, complex)

Borosilicate glass is for strong heating. (suitable, unsuitable)

2. Draw a labelled diagram of anyone of the following:

A distillation assembly used for distilling a liquid with boiling point above 180°C.

A set-up depicting column chromatography.

3. Answer any five of the following:

Name the two types of forced air burners.

Discuss briefly the procedure of recrystallization.

What is EDTA and where is it used

Calculate the Rf value for a solute which has travelled 8 cm and the solvent front is 12 cm.

Calculate the molarity of a solution which contains 6.00 g NaC1 58.44) in 200 cm^3 solution.

How will you prepare 120 cm3 1 M HC1 from given 12 M HCl

4. Write short notes on any two of the following:

Melting point determination

Thin layer chromatography

The chemical nature of water

Types of heating devices in a lab

5. Answer any four of the following questions:

Draw the sketches (any

A Buchner funnel

A burette

A volumetric standard flask

A liquid decomposes at its boiling point. Suggest a method to distil it without decomposition.

Name any two chemicals which are kept in dark bottles and explain why.

How will you prepare the following reagents in the lab:

Aqua regia

Lime water

Discuss azeotropic mixtures giving an example.


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  • Good Laboratory Practices
  • Laboratory Techniques in Biology
  • Laboratory Techniques in Chemistry
  • Laboratory Techniques in Physics