Experiment for Advance Programme
I. Lesson 1: Reaction of copper (2A Lab, p.27)
1. Making a Solution of Copper(II) Nitrate:
- copper wire
- concentrated nitric acid
2. Synthesis of solidcopper(II) hydroxide:
- copper(II) nitrate (last step)
- 6 M NaOH
3. Formation of the Oxide:
- hot plate.
- copper(II) hydroxide (last step)
4. Formation of Copper(II) Sulfate:
- CuO (last step)
- 3 M sulfuric acid.
5. Formation of Copper Metal:
6. Recovery of Copper Metal:

II. Lesson 2: Volumetric analysis
Part I. Analysis of an Unknown Acetic Acid Solution
A. Preparing the Sodium Hydroxide Solution
In this step of the experiment you will prepare 1-Liter of approximately 0.15 M sodium hydroxide solution by diluting a commercial stock solution that is 50% NaOH by mass and has a density of 1.525 g/mL (grams of solution per mL of solution).
B. Standardizing the base against potassium acid phthalate
In a previous laboratory period you will have obtained about 4.5 grams of primarystandard grade potassium acid phthalate (KHP) in a vial, dried it in an oven at 110oC for 2 hours, and stored it in a desiccator for use today.

Prepare the stock NaOH solution
Preparing the Sodium Hydroxide Solution.In this step of the experiment you will prepare 1-Liter of approximately 0.15 M sodium hydroxide solution by diluting a commercial stock solution that is 50% NaOH by mass and has a density of 1.525 g/mL (grams of solution per mL of solution).
Lesson 3: Spectrophotometry
Lesson 4: Colligative properties
Lesson 5: Chemical equilibrium
Lesson 6: Strong acid – strong base titration