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IB Chemistry: Lab Skills/IA Help

IA Proposal Form

IA Proposal form

IA Advice

How IAs are Marked and Advice
How to get a 7 on your Chemistry IA
That's the title of the video
Another 'How to get a 7 on IA' video
Radio Chemistry
IA Advice from former student
got 23/24 on their IA
IA guide full of tips from a former student

IA Ideas

List of Recent IA topics

Sample IAs

IA Checklist and Rubric
Sample IA from IB
2017/18 Exemplar IA
My room number is password
2018/19 IA Exemplar
Fe Titration
2019/20 IA Exemplar
Reaction Rate Acid and CaCO3
2020/21 Exemplar
Aspirin Hydrolysis Spectrophotometry
2020/21 Exemplar #2
Sulfur in Juice Titration
2021/22 IA Exemplar
Calcium concentration in Eggshells Back Titration
2022/23 IA Exemplar
Winkler Titration to Find Dissolved Oxygen
2020/21 #3 IA
Calorimetry

5. Error Propagation

Random vs Systematic Errors video
by MSJ Chem
Absolute vs Percent (relative) Uncertainty video
by Richard Thornley
Error Propagation video
Richard Thornley
Example of Titration Error propagation video

Useful Links

Exporting Data from Logger Pro
Export Data from LabQuest
Spectrophotometer Overview
Spectrophotometer Simulation
Spectrophotometer Thornley
TITRATION PROPER STEPS
All titrations should follow these steps for accurate
Official Group 4 IB Form
Scroll down to Group 4 Science on p. 2 and click on the link. Save this as pdf and send to hbahia@sd42.ca

Complexation Titrations

Ca or Mg in Foods
We can sub in other chemicals
Water Hardness Titration

Chapter 4 IA Ideas

Surface Tension, Evaporation Rates, Solubility Video
Possible things to measure for Intermolecular Forces
Viscocity Video Lab
Another good variable to test for Intermolecular Forces
Cooling/Evaporation Rates Video
A very good one using the temperature probes

Specific Heat Capacity
Another factor to measure of inter-molecular forces. Printed lab instructions

Ionic Conductivity Lab
Using a conductivity probe, which we have!
Some more intermolecular lab ideas
Evaporation Lab Using Temperature Probes

Back Titrations

CO2 in Pop Rockets
How much CO3 in Antacid Titration
This gives an overview. This same person gives detailed procedure and calculation for this. Search these up.
CaCO3 in Egg Shells
Aspirin Titration 1
Aspirin Titration 2
Copper in Brass Titration

Egg Shell Titration (new)

Precipitation Titrations (Salt Content)

Random Labs

Enthalpy Lab: Neutralization options

Titration: Glucose

Chapter 5 IA ideas

Another Biofuel Calorimetry

Redox titrations

Iron Tablet Titration
Vitamin C Titration
Very good overview of what you can test
Andrew Weng Vitamin C Explanation
Vitamin C Explanation
Iodine Number in Oils (Degree of Unsaturation)
Iron in Spinach
Read the whole comment thread

Iron Determintaion in Foods Procedure

Glucose in Drinks

Glucose Determination Explanation Powerpoint
Procedure details start part way through
Ethanol in Solutions Titration

Acid Base Titrations

Titrations without Indicators
Useful for dark solutions
Acid Concentration in Pop
Citric Acid in Candy
Acid in Vinegar
Part 2 of 2. Find the other part
Ammonia in Cleaners
Part 2 of 2. Find the other part

Acidity in Milk, Juice, Vinegar, Oil
This document gives procedures for all 4 individually.

Alternative to Burette titration

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