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College and School Visits on Campus


The University of Salford's chemistry provision can host visiting colleges and secondary school groups  on campus for ‘taster days’ for chemistry and biochemistry practical and can offer you a tailored practical to your specification. For details of potential dates in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic year, please send an email to s.b.rossington@salford.ac.uk 

Activities on offer
Reduction of benzophenone: organic chemistry reduction with TLC analysis involved. For the practical details click here, and for the supporting health and safety click here.

Antacid effectiveness: biochemistry measuring the effectiveness of common antacids by pH measurement. For the practical details click here, and for the supporting health and safety click here.

Spectroscopic determination of the pKa value: biochemistry measuring the pKa values of three aminio acids with pH change. For the practical details click here, and for the suppporting health and safety click here.

Determination of the kinetic rate constant for the hydrolysis of an ester: physical chemistry measuring the rate of reaction via titremetic determination. For the practical details click here, and for the supporting health and safety click here.


Purification of acetanilide by recrystallisation: organic chemistry introducing the conept and technique of recrystallisation and the use of a melting point appararus to determine levels of purity. For the practical details click here, and for the supporting health and safety click here.

TLC of a mixture of an organic mixture: organic chemistry introducing the concept and technique of thin layer chromatography as a tool of analysis in chemistry. For the practical details click here, and for the supporting health and safety click here.


Preparation and analysis of tetraamineaquacopper(II) sulphate: inorganic chemistry introducing the concept of the synthesis and analysis of a square planar TMC. For the practical details click here, and for the supporting health and safety click here.


Laboratory practical classes can be held for upto 100 students within the university's teaching facilities and each laboratory is estimated by the time in paranthesis above.
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Chellaston Academy visiting the university in June 2014 with organic chemistry on the menu!

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Rochdale College visiting the university on Wednesday 19th November 2014 for a TLC practical.

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Bury College visiting the university on Thursday 22nd June 2017 for an organic chemistry practical.

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