Basic Lab Skills
This learning path on basic lab skills covers safety protocols, proper pipetting, solution preparation, and weighing techniques. It includes equipment handling, glassware cleaning, and documentation best practices. Practical strategies focus on accuracy, reproducibility, and troubleshooting common errors to ensure reliable experimental results in analytical and research laboratories.
11 Modules
11 Items
Laboratory Safety
This module will detail some common safety measures that relate to all laboratories.
Fundamental Chemistry
This module provides a fundamental understanding of chemistry to give chromatographers better insight into the chemical process which occur during sample preparation and chromatographic separation.
Eliminating Error During Preparation of Samples
In this module we will follow two very experienced analysts as they guide you through the process of managing your workspace an samples in a way that eliminates errors.
Volumetric Lab Equipment
This module will discuss the different types of volumetric lab equipment and how each piece should be used correctly.
Balances
This module focuses on the use of balances in the lab and discusses best practice on their use.
Microbalance Weighing
This module uses video content to teach best practices for microbalance weighing. This practical approach will ensure that common errors are avoided and accurate weighing can be achieved.
Automatic Pipettes
The focus of this module is to provide you with practical information to improve your pipetting technique - this encompasses the use of pipettes, how to select the correct pipette and tip, how to and why we calibrate pipettes, as well as how to maintain them in order to have confidence that they are functioning reliably.
Glass Pipettes
This module teaches you the main aspects of the essential skill of using glass pipettes.
