Experiment no.

1
Aim : To compare the rates of evaporation of acetone, benzene and chloroform.

Requirement : Three same size Petri dishes of diameter 10 cm., 10 ml. pipettes, stop
watch, acetone benzene and chloroform.

Procedure :
1. Clean and dry all Petri dishes and identify them as A, B and C.
2. Pipette out of 10 ml. acetone in Petri dish "A" with stopper similarly pipette out of
10 ml. of benzene and chloroform in each of Petri "B" and "C".
3. Remove the cover plates from all Petri dishes and start the stop watch.
4. Let the Petri dishes remain exposed for 10 minute. Now cover each of the petri dish
and note the volume of remaining material in them.

Observation :
Time : 10 min. = 600 Sec.

Volume
Petri dishes Liquid Taken Vol. Evap.
remaining (V2) Rate (V/T) ml./s
Marked (V1) ml. V=V1–V2
ml.
A 10 2 8 8/600=0.0133
B 10 3 7 7/600=0.0116
C 10 4 6 6/600=0.010

Results :

Rate of evaporation of Acetone is 0.0133 ml/s.

Rate of evaporation of Benzene is 0.0166 ml/s.
Rate of evaporation of Chloroform is 0.010 ml/s.
Conclusion :

The intermolecular forces of acetone, benzene and chloroform are in order.

Chloroform > Benzene > Acetone.

Experiment no. 2
Aim : To study the effect of surface area on the rate of evaporation of diethyl ether.
Requirement : Three Petri dishes of diameter 2.5 cm., 5 cm., 7.5 cm. with cover, 10
ml. of pipette and stop watch.

Procedure :

1. Clean and dry all Petri dishes and mark them as A, B and C.
2. Pipette out of 10 ml. diethyl ether in each of the Petri dishes A, B and C and cover
them immediately.
3. Uncover all three Petri dishes and start the stop watch.
4. Note the remaining volume after 10 min. vaporization of diethyl ether from each
Petri dish.

Observation :

Time : 10 min. = 600 Sec.

Petri dishes Diameter of Volume Taken Remaining Evaporated

Marked P.T.Ds. (ml.) Vol. (ml.) volume
A 2.5 10 4 6
B 5.0 10 2 8
C 7.5 10 0 10
Results : The order of evaporation of acetone in three petri dishes as 7.5 > 5.0 > 2.5
cm.

Conclusion : Larger the surface area more is evaporation.

Experiment no. 3
Aim : To study the effect of temperature on the rate of evaporation of acetone.

Requirement : Two Petri dishes of 5 cm. diameter each stop watch, 10 ml. pipette,
thermometer, thermostat.

Procedure :

1. Wash and Clean, dry the Petri dishes and mark them as A, B.
2. Pipette out of 10 ml. of acetone to each of Petri dishes A and B and cover them.
3. Put one Petri dish at room temperature and to the other heat for same time.
4. Note the reading.
Observation :
Time : 10 min. = 600 Sec.

Petri dishes Temperature Volume Taken Evaporated

Time (Sec.)
Marked (0C) (ml.) volume (ml.)
A 10 30 10 10
B 20 40 10 10
Results : The order of evaporation of acetone in two Petri dishes as given
Room Temperature < Heating.

Conclusion : Observation clearly shows that the evaporation increases with

temperature.

Experiment no. 4
Aim : To study the effect of air current on the rate of evaporation of acetone.

Requirement : Two Petri dishes acetone.

Procedure :

1. Clean and dry the Petri dishes and mark them as A and B.
2. Keep one dish where no air current and other under a fast air current.
3. Note the reading.

Observation :
Initial Volume 10 ml. of Acetone.

Petri dishes volume

Conditions Time (Sec.)
Marked Evaporated (ml.)
A With fan 40 10
B without fan 50 10
Results : The order of evaporation of acetone in two Petri dishes as given
With fan > Without Fan..

Conclusion : The rate of evaporation of liquid increases with the increase in

rate of flow of air current.