using different types of methods. This study is performed because it helps you understand the concept of separation and certain characteristics of elements. Previous knowledge in which already exists in this lab would be the process of filtration‚ distillation‚ magnetism‚ and evaporation. The specific hypotheses of this experiment was that the iron would separate through magnetism‚ the salt would separate by mixing with water and boiling it‚ the wood chip shavings would separate by filtration‚ and the
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Introduction In this experiment‚ the essential oil eugenol (the main component of oil of cloves) will be isolated from whole cloves using the technique of simple distillation‚ which is often used to isolate liquid natural products from plants. The mixture of whole cloves and distilled water will then be heated to boiling and the distillate (a eugenol/water mixture) will be collected. The eugenol will then be separated from the water by extraction with pentane. The pentane solutions will then be
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Abstract Separation of the compound ethanol from alcoholic beverages‚ such as vodka‚ involves the process of distillation. Distillation is the separation of volatile substances mixed with nonvolatile substances by boiling the mixture to alter the phase of the volatile substance. The researchers used the simple distillation set up to conduct the experiment. 25 ml of The Bar Vodka was used and 7 ml of distillate was collected before a temperature of 95 degrees Celsius was reached. Collected distillate
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Separation Techniques If one component of the mixture has magnetic properties‚ you can use a magnet to separate the mixture. Cobalt‚ iron and nickel all have magnetic properties. Note that not all metals are magnetic and magnetism is not a method to separate metals from non-metals. Gold‚ silver and mercury are examples of non-metal substances. Magnetism is however a way to separate magnetic substances from non-magnetic substances is. Magnetism as a separation method is done by taking any magnetic
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technique‚ identify the components by their retention times‚ and compute for the concentration and percentage content of each component by their peak areas and peak heights. The volatile oil from eucalyptus leaves was isolated with the use of steam distillation setup‚ then using a separatory funnel to pipette out the extract from the distillate. A gas chromatography‚ with nitrogen gas as the carrier gas and a flame ionization detector‚ was used to separate and characterize the components of the essential
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an essential oil which is a volatile mixture of water-insoluble components that releases an odor and other characteristic of the plant. In this experiment we abstracted the major component of clove oil by codistillation with water through steam distillation and dichloromethane extractions. Also‚ IR spectrometry was used to identify the unknown constituent. An IR spectrum shows the characteristic
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mentioned PTC is described in the text along with the mechanism for the addition of a dichlorocarbene. The percentage yield obtained was 38.80%. This is considerably low due to an unfortunate spillage of the product at the stage of semi- micro distillation. Introduction Phase transfer catalysts (PCT) are used to catalyze reactions involving chemical species which are present in different phases. These types of reactions are known as a homogeneous two phase reactions and are usually very
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ISOLATION OF TRIMYRISTIN FROM NUTMEG ABSTRACT The purpose if the experiment was to extract the Trimyristan from ground nutmeg using extraction‚ distillation and recrystallization procedures. This experiment involves extraction and separation techniques that yield a purified product. The product was extracted and a distillation process was used to remove any remaining solvent. The recrystallization of the sample in turn produced a pure sample‚ which was proven using the known melting
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Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to synthesize tert-butyl chloride via an SN1 reaction. t-Butyl Chloride was synthesized from t-Butyl Alcohol using hydrochloric acid in separatory funnel; isolation of t-Butyl Chloride was done under distillation conditions. The experiment resulted in 8.29grams of purified compound‚ which is a 66.27 percent yield. Procedure: As per handout with changes Equation: Mechanism: Results: (Scan IR spectrum) Compounds t-Butyl Chloride(Experimental)
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This page intentionally left blank SEPARATION PROCESS PRINCIPLES Chemical and Biochemical Operations THIRD EDITION J. D. Seader Department of Chemical Engineering University of Utah Ernest J. Henley Department of Chemical Engineering University of Houston D. Keith Roper Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering University of Arkansas John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Vice President and Executive Publisher: Don Fowley Acquisitions Editor: Jennifer Welter Developmental Editor:
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