CHEM 120.
1 – ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (LABORATORY)
Name: Boyles, Juan Miguel D.
Lab Schedule: M 7:00 – 10:00
I. OBJECTIVES
Results
A. Recrystallization
Weight of impure sample
Weight of filter paper
Weight of filter paper
+ recrystallized benzoic acid
Weight of recrystallized
benzoic acid
% recovery
B. Melting Point Determination
Melting point of the crystals
LABORATORY REPORT
Offering No.: R081
Date Submitted: 25/10/2021
Exercise No. 5
Recrystallization and Melting Point Determination
Inference
The experiment successfully recrystallized the
impure benzoic acid. By following the steps to the
= 1.02 g. experiment the observers acquired 1.02 g grams of
impure sample, then the observer filtered the impure
= 1.3892 g. sample and obtained 0.8682 g of recrystallized
benzoic acid. By calculating the recovery%, it comes
= 2.2574 g. to the conclusion that 85.11% of the impure sample
was benzoic acid which was recrystallized.
= 0.8682
= 85.11% After it was recrystallized, the observer will now
determine the melting point of a crystallized benzoic
= 122.3 °C acid. The observer used an aluminum melting point
block because the melting point of s benzoic acid is
greater than 100°C. The observer first grinded a
small amount of crystallized benzoic acid and it was
put in a capillary tube. The observer then put the
capillary tube into the aluminum block together with
a thermometer. The observer turns the aluminum
block on to melt the substance and concludes that
the melting point temperature of the benzoic acid is
122.3 °C.