notebooks, carbons, reports, graphing, etc.

[robert zellmer]

I've received some questions concerning the notebooks, reports, etc.,
I decided to send something to everyone.

1)  There's a number of helpful links and information about labs on my
      class web page.  Go to the following link to find these things.

*Laboratory* 
<http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/lab/lab_1220.htm>

2) For those of you who haven't been doing so, you should have your notebook
     prepared before going to lab.  The TA will come around the lab in 
the first
     10 minutes or so and check to see if you have the notebook 
prepared.  If not
     you can loose up to 5 pts depending on what you have done.

     You will NOT be allowed to begin the experiment without first having
     the purpose and procedure written in your notebook.  You will lose 
points
     for the notebook if these are not done before coming to lab.  You 
will lose
     points for coming late to lab.  Also, if you come w/o the procedure in
     the notebook and have to complete during lab you will be considered 
late.

     Take a look at the syllabus and the following link for an idea of what
     should be in there,

*Chem Lab Notebook - Departmental Guidelines for Lab Notebooks* 
<https://uglabs.cbc.osu.edu/gc-labnotebook/>

     There's an example at the above link as well.

     The next link shows an example I did for the first 2 steps from the 
lab manual
     for an old exp which is no longer done (exp 14) in 1220.

***My Suggestions for Writing a Notebook Procedure* 
<http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/notebook_proc_1220.pdf>

     The second link is actually an example using an old experiment 
which is not
     presently being done (exp 14).   The first page is the procedure as 
I would write
     it and the second page is the procedure from the lab manual.  Note 
how I took
     the first two steps in the procedure in the manual and rewrote them 
in short
     concise easy to follow steps rather than in full sentence form. 
You'll also find
     this on the last page of the syllabus.  You can see a similar 
example in the link
     for the departmental guidelines (which you should read).

     Someone with a reasonable understanding of chemistry should be able 
to pick
     up your notebook and be able to follow what you've done and repeat the
     experiment just from the notebook w/o the manual.

For your notebooks you must be using *PEN *and all data and information
     taken during lab should be *in *the *notebook. **Do NOT write 
anything that
     should be in the notebook* *in the manual or another paper, even if you
     intend to **copy it to the notebook before leaving lab.  That is 
not allowed.
     Points will be deducted for this.  Any information taken during lab 
that
     is pertinent to the exp goes directly in the notebook.*

     Record values to the correct sig. fig. and include units.  Use 
tables when possible.

     If you make a mistake *do NOT erase* it, *do not scribble over the 
mistake* and *do**
**    not use whiteout*.  Put a single line through the mistake and 
write the correct info
     next to it.

     The TA will grade your notebook (worth 5 pts) and tell you how to 
improve it.

     Pretend like I'm your boss and we've been working on the most important
     discovery since the creation of the universe.  You are the one 
doing a lot of
     the experiments and taking data.  You leave for the day and get hit 
by a bus.
     If you haven't recorded everything you've done in your notebook and 
its not
     easy to follow and figure out what you've done I won't be able to 
repeat your
     important work.  Remember, I can't ask you what you did because you 
were
     hit by a bus.  There's all that work down the drain.  You won't get 
recognized
     by your peers or win the Noble Prize because you didn't keep a proper
     notebook.  That would be terrible (almost as bad as getting hit by 
the bus).

     There's also performance points (5 pts).  This means using the 
correctequipment,
     using it correctly, following directions, using the procedure in 
your notebook and
     not the manual, etc.

3) Before leaving lab:

*You MUST sign and date each page and then have the TA sign and date the
     pages and you give the carbon pages to the TA before leaving lab.  
If you do
     not do this you will need to speak to Dr. Moga**.**
*
4) Unless specifically stated in Carmen or the manual, all the reports 
are FULL reports .

     If you want to know what a FULL report is look at the following two 
links,

*Chem Lab Report - Departmental Guidelines for Writing a Lab Report* 
<https://uglabs.cbc.osu.edu/gc-labreport/>

*Lab Report Format - My Lab Report Example* 
<https://cbc-wb01x.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/lab/chem1220_sample_lab_report.pdf>

         The 2nd one is my example of what it should look like with what 
should go into
         each section.  The Word template on Carmen will help with this 
as well in terms
         of the order and such.  My example pretty much tells you what 
should be in
         each section.

     a) Your reports must be done using the templates provided on Carmen 
and submitted
         on-line in Carmen (follow the instructions on Carmen).  They 
should be typed.
However, as of now, you don't have to type the calculations.  That can 
take a long
         time.  Instead, you can write out the sample calculations and 
take a picture and
         include that in the report.

     b) The procedure section in the report is simply a bibliographic 
reference unless
         you made any changes, as communicated by your TA.  Any changes 
should
         go in this section below the bibliographic reference. Otherwise 
we do NOT
         want any details of the procedure in the report.

5) Exp 1 (SOL) help

     a)  Go to the "Helpful Tidbits" link on my class web page (not 
Carmen) and you will
         find a link for exp 1 which should help with the lab itself and 
the report.

*Helpful Tidbits for 1220* 
<http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/faq/faq_1220.htm>

6) Graphing

     a) You can find links for examples of good graphs below.  The first 
graph doesn't take
         up the full page since I had to shrink it so I could write on 
it.  The 2nd graph shows
         an example when you have more than one set of data plotted.   
You can bring the
         legend inside the graph area to allow the graph to spread out 
and occupy the whole
         page.  You don't need a legend when there's only one set of 
data plotted (as for graph 2
         in my exp 14 example or graph 2 for exp 1, SOL).

*Sample Graphs* <http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/sample_graphs.pdf>

         There's also a link you can use to help get you started with 
Excel if you've never
         used it before.  It's a simple example for a density graph. Go 
to the following link
         and you will find this, along with other useful links.

*Using MS Excel for Reports* 
<http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/excel/excel.htm>

         Many of my examples use an older version of Excel (Excel 
2003).  I have a link
         explaining the major differences between it and the newer 
versions.  Again, click tabs,
         right-click, etc. and explore what it can do and where to find 
things.  Look at the
         links for my exp 14 example using Excel.  It shows you how to 
do certain things
         (calculations, more than one data set on a graph, etc.)


I hope this and my on-line help file address the majority of your 
questions.  If not ask.

Dr. Zellmer
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