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Investigate physical and chemical properties of known and unknown substances via quantitative and qualitative analysis through purification techniques such as melting point determination, recrystallization, and sublimation.
... Johns Melting Point Apparatus and the methods and procedure as outlined on page 9 in the Chemistry 3350: Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual, Ed. 6(Morante, 2004) were followed.
Results
Sublimation
The following results were found for the sublimation of the impure sample of
1,4 ...
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Investigate the diuretic effect of different beverages upon the kidneys considering ions of physiological importance, volume and specific gravity of the urine.
... on a refractometer. Specific gravity measures the kidney's ability to concentrate or dilute urine in relation to plasma. Because urine is a solution of minerals, salts, and compounds dissolved in water, the specific gravity is greater than 1.0000.
The chloride ...
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Investigating how the rate of a chemical reaction is affected by changing either the concentration of the reactants or the temperature.
... they will collide with each other less often, with less energy. As a result, fewer collisions will be successful and so the rate of reaction will be low. However, with a high temperature, the particles are moving more quickly and ...
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Investigating the Rate of Cooling
... and for all except the experiment where I will very the start temperature I am going to keep the start temperature constant at 100º. I will then use a thermometer to measure the temperature every 10 or 5 minutes depending ...
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Investigating the reactions of halogens and their compounds.
... layer of chlorine moves to the cyclohexane layer.
Chlorine is highly electronegative; they form ionic compounds with polar bonding. As you go down group seven electronegativity decreases.
The equation for this reaction is:
Cl2 (aq) +2K+I- (aq) 2K+Cl- (aq) + I2
This ...
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Investigation of the Carbonate /Bicarbonate system.
... It makes up for only 0.03% of the total mass of the atmosphere. This fraction seems small but the function of CO2 in global biological and environmental systems is of prime importance (Loewenthal & Marais, 1978). Despite its low atmospheric ...
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Investigation of the precision and accuracy of various analytical techniques in determining the identity and quantity of barbiturates in a mixture.
... phases
* Dichloromethane: acetone (9:1)
* Chloroform: acetone: ammonia (9:9:2)
* Propan-2-ol: chloroform: ammonia (9:9:2)
The plates were exposed to ammonia vapour before using fluorescence quenching as a detection method.
From the plates it can be seen that phenbarbitone (PB) and barbitone are the barbiturates ...
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Kinetics: The rates of a chemical reaction
... activation energy for the reaction.
Chemical kinetics is the study and discussion of chemical reactions with respect to reaction rates, effect of various variables, re-arrangement of atoms, formation of intermediates etc. By the way, the study of motion is called ...
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Method's of Drug Characterisation
... moved by solvent
Safety
* Local rules apply
* The sealing of melting point tubes by Bunsen must be done away from flammable solvents
* After practical all waste solvents much be disposed in appropriate receptacles
* Do not look directly at UV light
Method
Each group ...
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Objectives: · To determine the amount of nickel in a given salt. · Calculate the weight percent of nickel in the salt and compared with theoretical. · To study the gravimetric analysis
... accurate, certain conditions must be met:
1. The ion being analyzed must be completely precipitated.
2. The precipitate must be a pure compound.
3. The precipitate must be easily filtered.
An example of a gravimetric analysis is the determination of ...
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Obtaining pH curves for acid/alkali titrations.
... volume of NaOH added. Theoretically, this should give me a pH curve from which to work. In order to obtain a value for Ka, I shall find the equivalence point (at around 25cm3 where the graph goes up vertically) and ...
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Outline whether the acidity of a bottle of vinegar (ethanoic acid) is labelled correctly.
... ethanoic acid to sodium hydroxide is 1:1 the moles for both are equal.
NaOH = 0.02185 moles
4. Concentration = Moles
Volume
0.1moldm-3= 0.02185
V
Volume of NaOH = 0.02185
0.1 = 0.21854dm3
= 218.54cm3
5. Because we diluted the vinegar by ...
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Perform a preliminary design evaluation for a plant to produce 30,000 te/yr of Maleic Anhydride (MA), C4H2O3, from a liquid feedstock containing 95% n-butane.
... of n-butane in air must be below its lower explosion limit of 1.7 mol %.
Basic Flowsheet
The basic flowsheet to be considered is as follows:
Figure 2: Basic Flowsheet Design
Equation [1] shows that selectivity decreases with conversion, which suggests that the optimal ...
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Photochemical smog's comprise of primary and secondary pollutants.
... the carbon in the organic material in the decomposed organisms oxidises it may partially oxidise to form carbon monoxide (summarised in figure 1.3)
The best conditions for photochemical smog formation are during the summer. High levels of sunshine allow increased photodissociation ...
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political affairs cousework
... barrister, decided to move into a career of politics to broaden her experience and see what she could achieve. She found the bar challenging and insular and wanted to become a part of the bigger picture. She now works for ...
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Preparation of bis(acetylacetonato)copper(II)
... methods mentioned above, recrystallization is a separation process. If successfully applied, it will result in the concentration of one component of a mixture in one phase, the solid phase - as crystals, while leaving the other components, the impurities, in ...
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Preparation of ethanol
... water? The answer should make a specific chemical point.
* The boiling temperature of ethanal is 21oC, so the cooling reduces evaporation of the ethanal.
* Dissolve 50 g of sodium dichromate(VI) in 50 cm3 of water contained in a ...
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Recrystallization and Melting Point Analysis.
... by a high wattage bulb. The temperature of the oil bath environment is measured by a thermometer and can be controlled by a dial knob.
Procedure:
1.0010 grams of the unknown #42 was placed in a 25-ml Erlenmeyer flask. 10mL of ...
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Separation and Identification of Organic Unknowns.
... and the impurities whereas distillation exploits differences in volatility. Adsorption chromatography separates and purifies compounds according to their adsorption to the chromatographic material, which to a good approximation is related to the polarity of the compounds. Major purification techniques relevant ...
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Simple and Fractional Distillation
... in several portions, the operation is termed fractional distillation.
Fractional distillation is the separation of a mixture having components that boil at neighboring temperatures. The distilling flask has an elongated neck so that the less volatile vapors are condensed ...
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To determine the solubility of calcium hydroxide.
... acidity means removing the H+ (aq) ions by reaction with a base. Destroying alkalinity means removing the OH- (aq) ions by reaction with an acid. The acid and alkali particles must be in exactly equal amounts to get a perfectly ...
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To identify an unknown compound that has one oxygen atom per molecule, To establish the functional group of the compound, to prepare a derivative and find its melting point, and finally to determine the boiling pont of the original compound.
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compound in a fume cupboard.Steamy fumes of HCl gas are observed, these can be tested with
damp litmus paper to confirm acidic gas.
After testing the compound with these diagnostic tests, the unknown compounds
functional group can be determined.
Preparing a derivative ...
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To prepare cyclohexene from cyclohexanol from cyclohexanol by an elimination method and to test for unsaturation in product.
... cylinders x 3
Stand x 1
Clamp x 1
Reagents
Cyclohexanol, Saturated sodium chloride solution, anhydrous sodium sulphate, Bromine in chloroform, dilute alkaline potassium permanganate (VII) solution & Acetone.
Procedure
A. Apparatus set up
1. The still head was connected with a condenser.
2. This still ...
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To study the enthalpy changes (ÄH) of various acid-base neutralization.
... find the end-point of titration, which is then used to :
(i) find the molarity of a ammonia, and
(ii) the enthalpy change of neutralization.
Different combinations of acid and alkali are used and compared.
Procedures:
Neutralization between aqueous base and acid
Method 1:
1) ...
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Variability and relative stability of oxidation states
... seen to emerge across the period of transition elements:
The number of oxidation states of each ion increases up to Mn, after which they start to drop. This drop is due to the stronger pull from the protons in the ...