Lab Data Sheet

 

Title: Fractional Distillation

 

Name:

 

Locker #:

 

Date:

Liquid Used:

 

Appearance of the liquid

( circle the appropriate description(s) )

 

colorless   color                   cloudy  clear 

 

other comments:_______________________________________________________________________                                                                                                

 

Volume of Liquid Used:                                                                                              mL.

 

Temp. at which first drops enter the receiving vessel:                                               __ o

 

Temperature/Volume Data: Fraction 1:

Volume (mL)

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

Temperature (oC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature/Volume Data: Fraction 2:

Volume (mL)

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

Temperature (oC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature/Volume Data: Fraction 3:

Volume (mL)

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

Temperature (oC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conclusions: (boiling range of first fraction)               oC

 

                      (boiling range of third fraction)               oC

Where would you change the receiver to collect fractions if you were trying to separate the components ?

 

Calculate the mole fraction in a 1:1 (v/v) mixture using the data for the two components given below.

 

 

 

Compound

Boiling Range

 oC

Molecular

Weight

Density

gm/mL

Volume

mL

 Methanol

65

32.0

0.792

50

 1-butanol

118

74.1

0.810

50