ReportBiodiesel

Lab Report

Please refer to the Chemistry Guide for a detailed description of each section of the lab report.

It is important to note that the group Word document prepared for the prelab will transform into the lab report.

As the experimental results are obtained, prepare your report by completing and adding the sections listed below (Table 1).

Sections of the report

Here is the list of sections to include in your lab report:

Table 1. Sections to include in the lab report

Abstract (see section entitled Abstract):

Length of work - 1 page
Margins - all 2.54 cm
1.5 line spacing
Times New Roman 11-point font

Report

Incorporate all calculations, images, diagrams, equations and UV-Vis spectra into a single report Word document. Only IR spectra may be handed in as supplementary documentation.
Margins between 2.0 and 2.54 cm
1.5 line spacing
Times New Roman 11 point font

Report sections:

Results

Discussion

a. Paragraph 1

i. Introduce the discussion

ii. Discuss the execution and the effectiveness of the synthesis of biodiesel

b. Paragraphs 2, 3, 4

i. Discuss the analysis of biodiesel (purity and structure elucidation). Interpret the results. Compare results to the biodiesel standard and to literature values.

c. Paragraph 5

i. Evaluate the experimental errors of the synthesis and suggest possible improvements to these errors. In other words, find one experimental error in the synthesis and provide a recommendation (modification, improvement) that could be made to the experiment to eliminate or decrease the impact of this error.

Conclusion - approximately 200 words

a. Brief reiteration of the results relating them to the objectives of the experiment. Was biodiesel synthesized? Was it pure?

b. State overall conclusions of the experiment

c. Invitation to broaden the debate. Suggestions for future work (future directions)

References

Evaluation criteria

Table 2. Evaluation of criteria for the lab report
Note that marks may be adjusted to take into consideration the involvement of each team member as indicated on the Degree of Involvement form: "[The] involvement, expressed as a percentage, will constitute a basis for the individual mark given in the final evaluation of this project. If a consensus is not obtained, you professor may ask you to present your points of view."

Équipe / Team :

Pondération
Value (%)

Note
Mark

Description

Contenu scientifique et rigueur / Scientific content and thoroughness (80%)

1. Exactitude du contenu scientifique / Accuracy of scientific information

a. Objectifs / Objectives

b. Synthèse du biodiesel / Synthesis of biodiesel

c. Analyse du biodiesel / Analysis of biodiesel

d. Discussion, conclusion, erreurs expérimentales / Discussion, conclusions, experimental errors

2. Clarté, précision, cohérence et organisation / Clarity, precision, coherence/unity and organization

Forme / Form (20%)

3. Qualité de la présentation (aspect soigné, lisibilité, organisation, format du texte, tableaux, figures, graphiques, etc. ) /Presentation quality (neatness, legibility, organization, format of text, tables, figures, graphs, etc.)

4. Médiagraphie : style bibliographique, méthode d'appel des références dans le texte, style, format, crédibilité, présence des sources appropriées, sources originales citées / Referencing: style, format, credibility, presence of appropriate sources, original sources cited

Qualité de la langue - 0.1 de pénalité par faute sur l'ensemble des évaluations de l'épreuve synthèse du programme (sera retranché du total)
Language quality - 0.1 mark per mistake on all of the evaluations of the program comprehensive assessment taken as a whole (will be taken off from the total mark)

Max -10%

Autre / Other

TOTAL

100