Lab-At-Home Experiments in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

With the rise of remote and hybrid learning, there is an increasing need for flexibility around laboratory-based coursework. This book offers readers a guide to a conducting a wide variety of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering labs and experimental procedures that can be completed easily and safely outside of a traditional lab setting, including at home. It helps students and interested readers achieve hands-on learning of chemistry- and chemical engineering-based concepts without the need for sophisticated lab equipment.

• Features a comprehensive range of labs on such topics as separation processes, CO2 capture, process simulation and modeling, 3D printing, reaction kinetics, fuel cells, and catalysis.

• Includes detailed information on how to perform experiments at home via detailed virtual experimental procedures and accompanying videos.

• Most can be performed with household and readily accessible materials and provides safe material handling and disposal methods.

• Offers solution spreadsheets where experimental results can be computed and validated.

• Gives background information and relevant theory about each experiment and exercises at the end of each chapter.

• Provides MATLAB code and instructions on how to perform process optimization and design of experiments.

This practical and useful guide is aimed at chemistry and chemical engineering students, as well as general readers interested in running experiments in these disciplines.

Video supplements to support comprehension of each lab and a solutions spreadsheet for chapter 1 are available for download.