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The document outlines the requirements for writing a lab report for CHE 270, which includes a pre-lab quiz, a completed datasheet, and a structured report consisting of an abstract, methodology, and results/conclusion. Each section of the report should be written in the past tense, avoiding personal pronouns, and must be formatted in 12-point font and double-spaced. Key components include a concise abstract summarizing the experiment's purpose, methodology, and results, a detailed method section, and a results/conclusion section that discusses findings and potential improvements.

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The document outlines the requirements for writing a lab report for CHE 270, which includes a pre-lab quiz, a completed datasheet, and a structured report consisting of an abstract, methodology, and results/conclusion. Each section of the report should be written in the past tense, avoiding personal pronouns, and must be formatted in 12-point font and double-spaced. Key components include a concise abstract summarizing the experiment's purpose, methodology, and results, a detailed method section, and a results/conclusion section that discusses findings and potential improvements.

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CHE 270

Writing a Lab Report

For each Lab, a complete lab report will include:


1. PreLab quiz ( submitted on Canvas)
2. Completed Lab datasheet with calculations.
3. Lab Report: Abstract, Methodology and Conclusion for each lab in Lab
notebook.
Lab Report

Most lab reports should be 12-point font, and double spaced. The report will consist of three
parts: the abstract, the method, and the results/conclusion. Each of these parts should be in a
separate paragraph, so most reports will have three paragraphs. The entire report must be written
in the past tense, using complete sentences (not bullet points, not a numbered list). Using “I” or
“we” should be avoided, as a scientific abstract uses passive tense.

a. Abstract: In the abstract state the purpose (or the goal) of the experiment, principle being
followed and the conclusion obtained. It should be a statement of the aims, methodology
and result obtained. It is usually very concise.
2-3 sentences about the theory being used and what is the aim of the experiment.
1-2 sentences about the experimental process.
2-3 sentences about the result obtained and the conclusion.
b. Method. In the second paragraph, state the method used to figure out the answer and
obtain results. It is often a good idea to give an overview of the method, before giving
more procedural information. Next, you need to pick out the relevant details from all the
unnecessary ones and put them in logical order.
While it is important not to be too long-winded in your method section, it is also
important to include all the information which is truly relevant. Learn the delicate balance
between too much and too little information. To finish the method section, briefly
summarize the calculation that was done in order to find the answer. You do not need to
give details of calculations that are common. If an unusual equation is used, or if the
emphasis of the report is to verify a certain equation, then give that equation in this
section. If you do a graph to analyze data, you need to describe what you plotted and how
you found the answer from the plot.

c. Observations: Include data tables, graphs, diagrams.


d. Results/Conclusion. In the third and last paragraph of your lab report, start by giving the
results that were obtained. Attach any data tables, graphs, drawings and your analysis.
Then state any conclusions that this result leads you to make. You could compare a result
to a literature value, or state a conclusion reached, do that in this section.
Also suggest reasons in case you have not obtained the desired result. Suggest any
changes which could have improved your lab data collection and result. Do not leave the
lab without knowing what sort of conclusion to make.

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