The book begins with the student's introduction to the apparatus, instruments, their names, and their uses and helps them become familiar with the Chemistry Laboratory and the various techniques used through many laboratory exercises.

These exercises, among others, include:

• techniques for separating and studying substances
• preparation of solutions
• pH measurement and determination of solution concentrations
• detection of chemical compounds
• synthesis of compounds
• various techniques for determining substances, such as spectrophotometry, nephelometry, fluorimetry, etc.