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General Teacher Education

Name: Cherry Mae D. Panoy Rating:

Program and Year: BSED Science 2 Date: 09- 22- 22
Schedule: Th 1:00- 3:00 pm

Laboratory No. 2
Volatility

Objectives:
 Identify following solutions that exhibit high Volatility
 Explain the mechanism of solutions Volatility

Materials/Equipment:
 Watch Glass
 Dropper
 Beaker
 Erlenmeyer Flask
 Steering Rod
 Timer
 Liquids(carboxylic acid, H2O, alcohol,C2)

Procedure:
1. Sterilize the following materials/ equipment
2. Place 1ml of the following liquids in a watch glass the observe
 Carboxylic Acid
 C2
 H2O
 Alcohol
3. Place 1ml of the following mix solution in inside the beaker and observe
 Carboxylic Acid and C2
 H20 and alcohol

Results:
 OBSERVATIONS

Carboxylic C2 H2O Alcohol Carboxylic Alcohol and

Acid Acid and C2 H2O
Before 60 The color As we observe Alcohol When the The first
seconds there become lighter H2O evaporate evaporated after substances observation we
were many as it spread in in 60 seconds, 60 seconds in mixed together had with this
bubbles, then watch glass, seconds in there the watch glass in Erlenmeyer substances, the
after 60 seconds also there is was no the because as we flask, the color alcohol was
the bubbles small tiny watch reaction observe the become lighter. absorbed by the
slowly bubbles happened when substance As we observe water, then after
disappear but underneath the it placed to the became lesser for 60 seconds 60 seconds we
the amount of substance. watch glass. quickly. the substances cannot identify
substance still The substance still remains. clearly whether
remains. still remains. where is water
and H2O
because they
have the same
color. Thus, we
can say. there is
reaction
happened when
alcohol
absorbed by
water and the
substances
became lesser
as it evaporates

Discussions:

Volatility in organic chemistry is described as a substance's tendency to evaporate or change from a

liquid to a vapor or gaseous state. Most liquids can become gases through the process of vaporization. Whether
or not a liquid will vaporize depends upon the chemical properties of the liquid but for this observation, high
volatility is being asked to identify in the solutions.  That is why it is observe during the observation, all
solutions were tested in just 60 seconds to determine what solution/s is exhibiting high volatility. Throughout
the observation some liquids or solution did not vaporize (means they did not exhibit high volatility), and some
did. The solutions that exhibit high volatility are Alcohol and the mixed Alcohol and H2O.

Alcohol and the mixture of Alcohol and H 2O exhibit high volatility because when alcohol is mixed with
water, H - bond formation takes place in between the two molecules (Water and Ethanol) which results in
decrease in the space between the two molecules and hence the volume decreases.

Conclusions:

All liquids evaporates but not all has a high volatility. Also, Hydrogen bonds contributed to volatility.

References:
 Speight J. (2017). Properties of Organic Compounds in Environmental Organic Chemistry for
Engineers, 2017. Retrieve from https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/volatility
Duck University. The Alcohol Pharmacology Education Partnership. North Carolina in profile. Retrieved
from https://sites.duke.edu/apep/module-4-alcohol-and-the-breathalyzer-test/biology-and-chemistry-
connections/volatility-of-a-liquid/