Experiment 13-Vapor Pressure and Heat of Vaporization By: John Montgomery TA: Amelia Heston 04/17/2012

Purpose: To determine the heat of vaporization for a known and an unknown liquid and to compare heats of vaporization for a series of related compounds. Procedure: Refer to pages 31-33 of General Chemistry Laboratory Experiments, Volume 2 by Judith Casey & Robert Tatz, Hayden McNeil, 2006-2007. Report Sheet: See attached report sheet. Sample Calculations: See attached sheet. Conclusion: In this experiment we found the heat of vaporization of a known and unknown compound and then compared it to related compounds. While heating the known and unknown samples temperatures and volumes were recorded. That data was used to plot ln(Ps) vs. 1/T. The boiling point of the unknown was found in part C to be 77.6C. After plotting, octane had a negative slope of 2976, hexane had a negative slope of 3715, heptane had a negative slope of 6748, and the unknown had a negative slope of 6004. There could be some experimental error from air escaping or entering the syringe or if some of the sample shot up in between the glass plunger and the syringe. There could also be error from the thermometer because the mercury may not rise as quickly as the actual temperature of the water does.