You can print off your personalised timetable from the university timetable website. This ensures that classes are of appropriate sizes.
If you have a timetable clash there may be some flexibility in timing, depending on the unit of study.
It is essential that you attend all sessions for which you have been timetabled in Chemistry.
Laboratories
Laboratory workspace allocation will be in your first timetabled session of the semester (either week 1 or 2 - check your timetable). For more information click here.
Note: There is a requirement that you attend a minimum of 90% of the laboratory classes. You must pass the practical component of the unit.
During the semester, you will cycle through the complete program. Click on the link below that corresponds to your group (the colour of your laboratory handbook) and note the experiment and its location within the First Year Chemistry Laboratories.
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 | Pink Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Pink 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation ABC 3 E13: The Electrical Control of Chemical Reactions Front of Laboratory A 4 E16: Green synthesis of tris(acetylacetonato)iron(III) Back of Laboratory A 5 E20: Consumer Chemistry: Vitamin C in Fruit Juices Front of Laboratory C 6 E11: Precipitation and the Limits of Solubility Front of Laboratory B 7 E15: The Iodine Clock Back of Laboratory C 8 E19: The Chemistry of Sticky Things Back of Laboratory B 9 E12: Sugar! Front of Laboratory A 10 E17: Supramolecular Chemistry Back of Laboratory A 11 E14: Chemistry of Blue Jeans: Indigo Synthesis and Dyeing Front of Laboratory C 12 No class 13 No class
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| Blue Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Blue 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation ABC 3 E18: Properties of Gases Back of Laboratory B 4 E13: The Electrical Control of Chemical Reactions Front of Laboratory A 5 E16: Green synthesis of tris(acetylacetonato)iron(III) Back of Laboratory A 6 E20: Consumer Chemistry: Vitamin C in Fruit Juices Front of Laboratory C 7 E11: Precipitation and the Limits of Solubility Front of Laboratory B 8 E15: The Iodine Clock Back of Laboratory C 9 E19: The Chemistry of Sticky Things Back of Laboratory C 10 E12: Sugar! Front of Laboratory A 11 E17: Supramolecular Chemistry Back of Laboratory A 12 No class 13 No class
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| Silver Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Silver 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation Boden Laboratories,
School of Chemistry3 E2: Chemistry with Light - Using Photons as Reagents No CHEM1xx2 students in silver 4 E1: Chemistry of Soil 5 E4: Mixing the Unmixable: Surfactants in Solutions, Emulsions and Lotions 6 E3: Environmental Forensics 7 E6: The Rotation of Polarized Light by Chiral Molecules 8 E5: Heat and Temperature 9 E8: Sunscreens 10 E7: Phase Separation and Purification 11 E10: Acetic Acid Content of Vinegar 12 E9: Porphyrins 13 No class
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| Orange Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Orange 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation ABC 3 E16: Green synthesis of tris(acetylacetonato)iron(III) Back of Laboratory A 4 E20: Consumer Chemistry: Vitamin C in Fruit Juices Front of Laboratory C 5 E11: Precipitation and the Limits of Solubility Front of Laboratory B 6 E15: The Iodine Clock Back of Laboratory C 7 E19: The Chemistry of Sticky Things Back of Laboratory B 8 E12: Sugar! Front of Laboratory A 9 E17: Supramolecular Chemistry Back of Laboratory A 10 E14: Chemistry of Blue Jeans: Indigo Synthesis and Dyeing Front of Laboratory C 11 E18: Properties of Gases Back of Laboratory B 12 No class 13 No class
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| Yellow Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Yellow 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation ABC 3 E20: Consumer Chemistry: Vitamin C in Fruit Juices Front of Laboratory C 4 E11: Precipitation and the Limits of Solubility Front of Laboratory B 5 E15: The Iodine Clock Back of Laboratory C 6 E19: The Chemistry of Sticky Things Back of Laboratory B 7 E12: Sugar! Front of Laboratory A 8 E17: Supramolecular Chemistry Back of Laboratory A 9 E14: Chemistry of Blue Jeans: Indigo Synthesis and Dyeing Front of Laboratory C 10 E18: Properties of Gases Back of Laboratory B 11 E13: The Electrical Control of Chemical Reactions Front of Laboratory B 12 No class 13 No class
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| Dark Green Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Green 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation ABC 3 E14: Chemistry of Blue Jeans: Indigo Synthesis and Dyeing Back of Laboratory C 4 E18: Properties of Gases Back of Laboratory B 5 E13: The Electrical Control of Chemical Reactions Front of Laboratory A 6 E16: Green synthesis of tris(acetylacetonato)iron(III) Back of Laboratory A 7 E20: Consumer Chemistry: Vitamin C in Fruit Juices Front of Laboratory C 8 E11: Precipitation and the Limits of Solubility Front of Laboratory B 9 E15: The Iodine Clock Front of Laboratory B 10 E19: The Chemistry of Sticky Things Back of Laboratory C 11 E12: Sugar! Front of Laboratory A 12 No class 13 No class
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| Red Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Red 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation ABC 3 E11: Precipitation and the Limits of Solubility Front of Laboratory B 4 E15: The Iodine Clock Back of Laboratory C 5 E19: The Chemistry of Sticky Things Back of Laboratory B 6 E12: Sugar! Front of Laboratory A 7 E17: Supramolecular Chemistry Back of Laboratory A 8 E14: Chemistry of Blue Jeans: Indigo Synthesis and Dyeing Front of Laboratory C 9 E18: Properties of Gases Back of Laboratory B 10 E13: The Electrical Control of Chemical Reactions Front of Laboratory B 11 E16: Green synthesis of tris(acetylacetonato)iron(III) Back of Laboratory C 12 No class 13 No class
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| Purple Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Purple 2 Registration, safety information and group allocation Boden Laboratories,
School of Chemistry3 E1: Chemistry of Soil No CHEM1xx2 students in silver 4 E2: Chemistry with Light - Using Photons as Reagents 5 E3: Environmental Forensics 6 E4: Mixing the Unmixable: Surfactants in Solutions, Emulsions and Lotions 7 E5: Heat and Temperature 8 E6: The Rotation of Polarized Light by Chiral Molecules 9 E7: Phase Separation and Purification 10 E8: Sunscreens 11 E9: Porphyrins 12 E10: Acetic Acid Content of Vinegar 13 No class
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| Light Green Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Light Green 2 Registration and safety information 3 Not running this semester 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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| Light Blue Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Light Blue 2 Registration and safety information 3 Not running this semester 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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| Cream Group Laboratory Program |
Week Experiment Location 1 No class - Cream 2 Registration and safety information 3 Not running this semester 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Missed or Know You Will Miss Your Laboratory Class?
If you know you are going to miss your timetabled laboratory slot due to a pre-arranged commitment (sport, music or theatrical rehearsal, work etc), you can catch the experiment up at an alternative session by following the 'catch up' link below. It is your responsibility to plan ahead if you have a clashing sport or theatrical event!
If you miss a laboratory session due to unforeseen circmstances (illness etc), your preferred option should also be to catch up the laboratory work. You can apply for Special Consideration (choose "attendance") but unless you can demonstrate that you are unable to catch up the experiment at a later date, the most likely outcome will be an instruction to catch up your experiment within 2 weeks of getting better.
Note that most experiments are available over a large number of sessions, over many weeks. Near the end of semester, these tend to fill quickly, so you are strongly advised not leave unfinished experiments until the end of semester, and do so at risk of failing to complete the laboratory course. Without special consideration, you can book a session for up to 2 weeks after the missed experiements. With special consideration, you can contact the first year office to book a session beyond the 2 week window. The box below shows which experiments are available in which sessions and in which weeks. It does not show whether there are free workspaces available:
To organise a catch up lab session, please use the booking tool under "Missed or know you will miss your laboratory class?" in "Laboratory Program" on eLearning.