Lab Technique Videos

Proper Fume Hood Use

Handling Chemicals

Density and Miscibility

Simple Distillation

Fractional Distillation

Reduced Pressure Evaporation

Single Solvent Recrystallization

Vacuum Filtration

Gravity Filtration

Thin Layer Chromatography

Column Chromatography

Using An IR Spectrometer

Preparing a Nujol Mull

Reflux

Drying Organic Liquids

Melting Point Determination

Liquid-Liquid Extraction

Vacuum Fractional Distillation

Mastering Spectrocopy App

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Older Flash Tutorials

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• Virtu-O-Chem
• Separations Tutorial (Liquid-Liquid Extraction)
• ​IR Spectroscopy Tutorial
• NMR Spectroscopy Tutorial (PDF answer key provided here)
• ​Detective O-Chem
• Melting Point Determination - Animation

Older Lab Technique Videos

• Handling Chemicals
• Filtration
• Melting Point Determination
• One Solvent Recrystallization
• Two Solvent Recrystallization
• Distillation
• Reflux
• Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)
• Using a Separatory Funnel
• Distillation Under Reduced Pressure
• Special Reaction Conditions
• Using a Rotary Evaporator​

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