Essays on Distillation

Objective In steam distillation lab (lab 3), we must obtain pure Eugenol from cloves through the process of steam distillation. In the crystallization lab (lab 4) part 1, we must acquire the best possible pure crystallization of acetylsalicylic acid from aspirin and in part 2 we must obtain a similar pure crystallization of benzil from…

Experiment #1-Density Aim: Learn how the process of distillation occurs. Observe how distillation separates alcohol from wine. Method: Distillation is based on the fact that the matter can exist in three phases – – solid, liquid and gas. As the temperature of a pure substance is increased, it passes through these phases, making a transition…

Introduction The students will use the distillation method to extract pure Ethyl acetate by using the distillation equipment. The distillation is the process of vaporizing a liquid mixture in one vessel and condensing the vapors into the receiver. Experimental procedures Safety Information Minimize contact with the liquid and do not breathe its vapors. Inhalation of…

Steam DistillationPurpose: To use steam distillation to purify heat sensitive, natural products, like essential oils. ProcedurePlease refer to:Williamson, Macroscale &Microscale Organic Experiments 4th Ed., pgs.98-109 ResultsTable 1.1: Steam distillationDrop # (every third drop)Temperature (C)Addition of 0.5 mL water1100.3Water added2100.53100.5Water added4100.6Water added5100.66100.6Water added7100.68100.6Water added9100.310100.6Observations: The residue was cloudy during distillation. This indicated that it was wet….

No direct synthesis of safrole has been recorded, the most recent attempt being that of Baker and Robinson (JCS, 1925, 127, 1424), who distilled the product of the action of silver oxide and water upon gamma-piperonylpropyltrimethylammonium iodide, but obtained isosafrole, the double bond moving into the position of greater stability. Kawai (Sci. Papers Inst. Phys….

Introduction The Scotch Whisky Research Institute ( SWRI ) is a registered company in Scotland which serves the demands of distillery companies in Scotland and besides worldwide. It is situated in the Robertson Trust edifice of Heriot Watt University ‘s north research avenue campus at Riccorton, Edinburgh. It is a much focussed research administration which…

Steam Distillation – Clove Oil Abstract: In this experiment, a situ method steam distillation was performed and essential oils were isolated from cloves. Once the oils were obtained, extraction techniques were used to extract a crude, eugenol, and acetyleugenol product sample. These samples were submitted for GC analysis and the normalization area percents were calculated…

Distillation is defined as a process in which a liquid or vapor mixture of two or more substances is separated into its component fractions of desired purity, by the application and removal of heat. Distillation is the most commonly used separation process in the chemistry and petrochemical industry, mostly employed in continuous processes but also…

Abstract This experiment aimed to divide and cipher in per centum the intoxicant content of a commercial alcoholic drink by agencies of fractional distillment. Twenty millilitres of rum. with a cogent evidence of 72. and 36 % intoxicant content. underwent fractional distillment. An sum of 0. 5 milliliter of distillation was collected in each trial…

Introduction In this lab the synthesis, purification, and characterization of isoamyl acetate, or banana oil, was determined. The synthesis was completed by a reversible esterification reaction which required the heating of glacial acetic acid and isoamyl alcohol, combined with a sulfuric acid catalyst in hexane. In order to increase the efficiency of the reaction, Le…