Bulacan State University

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CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERS

Written Report
EXPERIMENT NO. ____

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Written Report:  The hypothesis of the
experiment and the
 Title The title of the lab report should motivation for the
be descriptive of the experiment research are stated in this
and reflect what the experiment section.
analyzed  Write the introduction in
your own words. Try not to
 Abstract  Abstracts are a summary copy from a lab manual or
of the experiment as a other guidelines. Instead,
whole and should show comprehension of
familiarize the reader with the experiment by briefly
the purpose of the explaining the problem.
experiment.
 Abstracts will always be
written last, even though  The methods and
 Methods and Materials
they are the first materials section provides
paragraph of a lab report. an overview of any
 Not all lab reports will equipment, apparatus, or
require an abstract. other substances used in
However, they are often the experiment, as well as
included in upper-level lab the steps taken during the
reports and should be experiment. If using any
studied carefully. specific amounts of
 When writing an abstract, materials, make sure the
try to answer these amount is listed.
questions: o Ex: pipette,
graduated cylinder,
 Why was the experiment 1.13mg of Na,
conducted? 0.67mg Ag
 What problem is being  List the steps taken as
addressed? they actually happened
 What results were found? during the experiment,
 What are the meaning of not as they were
the results? supposed to happen.
 How is the problem better
understood now than
before, if at all?
 Visual Images Scientific images with description
 Introduction  The introduction of a lab
report discusses the  Results  The results show the data
problem being studied and that was collected or
other theory that is found during the
relevant to understanding experiment.
the findings.  Explain in words the data
 that was collected. o What do the results
 If using graphs, charts, or indicate?
other figures, present o What is the
them in the results section significance of the
of the lab report. results?
o Tables should be o Are there any gaps
labeled numerically, in knowledge?
as "Table 1", "Table o Are there any new
2", etc. Other questions that have
figures should be been raised?
labeled numerically
as "Figure 1",  Conclusion  The conclusion is a
"Figure 2", etc. summation of the
 Calculations to understand experiment. It should
the data can also be clearly and concisely state
presented in the results. what was learned and its
importance.
 If there is future work that
 Discussion  The discussion section is needs to be done, it can
one of the most important be explained in the
parts of the lab report. It conclusion.
analyzes the results of the
experiment and is a  References  If using any outside
discussion of the data. sources to support a claim
 If any results are or explain background
unexpected, explain why information, those sources
they are unexpected and must be cited in the
how they did or did not references section of the
effect the data obtained. lab report.
 Analyze the strengths and  In the event that no
weaknesses of the design outside sources are used,
of the experiment and the references section
compare your results to may be left out.
other similar experiments.
 If there are any
experimental errors,
analyze them.
 Explain your results and
discuss them using
relevant terms and
theories.
 When writing a discussion,
try to answer these
questions: PPT
 Introduction
 Objective
 Pictures/Video
 Data gathered and results
 Calculations if there is any
 Analysis of the results
 Conclusion