Zvi Szafran

Minimizes the amount of chemicals used in the lab and resultant chemical waste. Introduces new experiments designed to reduce exposure to toxic materials, lab costs and environmental pollution. Covers basic chemical concepts as well as spectroscopy and solution, physical and inorganic chemistry. Also presents several viable macroscale versions of experiments. Includes a glossary of terms as well as appendices of scientific tables and information.

This laboratory manual utilizes an investigative approach which departs from the traditional format of providing experiments with predetermined solutions. Includes both microscale and macroscale experiments which cover topics such as biochemistry, polymer chemistry and materials science.

This text is intended to provide students with instruction and valuable laboratory experience in the often neglected area of inorganic chemistry. Divided into four main parts, the book covers chemistry of the main group elements, chemistry of the transition metals, organometallic chemistry, and bioinorganic chemistry. Recognizing the high cost of materials, difficulties in waste disposal, and dangers of toxicity, the authors have adopted a ``microscale'' approach to experiments in the book, thereby also reducing the time students spend in preparation. With over 45 experiments, Microscale Inorganic Chemistry incorporates the use of a broad sampling of elements and also covers such topics as laboratory safety, equipment, report writing, and literature searching.