Good Practice for Lab Report Writing:

1. The abstract must be concise and not too lengthy. Should include describe important
points such as introduction, objective, summary of experimental procedure/ method,
main findings and conclusion.
2. The method must be written in passive voice. For example: The dry leaves were
grinded into powder form.
3. There is a space between a number and a unit: # mg; # g, # mL, # °C.
4. Do not write in first person (do not use I, we, our, etc.).
5. Avoid extreme adjectives such as very, extremely.
6. Do not bold the table of figure caption.
7. Tables caption must be at the top.
8. Figures are labeled beneath the picture.
9. Do not put calculation under result & discussion. Create new section such as
calculation or put it under appendix.
10. The abbreviations used in the equations must be properly label.
11. For discussion part, always write the text before each figure. Should include citation
in the discussion section. For example: Fouling coefficients… (Geankoplis, 2014;
Fedler and Rousseau, 2005).
12. Include description for each figures in text and reason for each trend. Why the trend
is increasing or decreasing? Any theory to support the finding?The reason can be
obtained from book or journal articles. For example : “Figure 1 illustrates the effect of
solid to solvent ratio on the mangiferin yield of Mahkota Dewa. The yield of
mangiferin was increased with the increased of temperature from 50 °C to 100 °C.
The increased of mangiferin yield is due to the increased of mangiferin solubility at
higher temperature (citation).”
13. Conclude the main findings and do not just rewritten the results.
14. For recommendation section, you can always suggests other work that can be done
in the future. Do not blame the equipment.
15. Always proof read.