alexleyenda - 14-9-2016 at 23:02
Hi,
I must do a project in my physical chemistry lab classes and I am looking for suggestions of an interesting project to do. The project must not take
longer than 11 hours in lab in total, but it must not be too short either. It must also obviously be connected to physical chemistry, so it must be
directly related to a physical chemistry topic such as thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, orbitals, phase diagrams or other stuff like that.
Please also note that I am not a huge fan of physical chemistry and I would prefer a project not going too deep in physical chemistry. I would prefer
a project related to organic or inorganic chemistry instead of a pure physical chemistry project, but I am open if the project is really interesting.
Some examples of possible projects would be: the study of the heat of combustion, study a photochemical reaction, effect of rigidity and planarity on
the fluorescence of a molecule, determination of the molar mass of polymers...
j_sum1 - 14-9-2016 at 23:50
Maybe solvatochromism? Brainandforce reported some interesting effects on fluorescein where the fluorescent wavelength was dependent on the polarity
of the solvent used. Possible also to investigate variation of different proportions of water and methanol. Eosin also shows a similar property but
pyridine does not. There are a few things worthy of investigation here and it need not be too complex in terms of experiment setup.
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[Edited on 16-9-2016 by j_sum1]
alexleyenda - 15-9-2016 at 11:08
That is a great idea j_sum1, I'll look at possible solvatochromism related projects !
j_sum1 - 15-9-2016 at 15:14
I won't take credit for that one -- Brain and Force's idea. It is worth looking up his posts on this -- there are some interesting photos that appear
in at least two different threads.
I am just the messenger. Glad you like the idea. It seems to me that it might have some practical applications, say, in biological staining.
DraconicAcid - 15-9-2016 at 16:19
Or, you could determine ligand effects on the UV-vis spectrum of a transition metal (preferably one with a relatively simple number of d electrons).