CHEM 120.

1 – ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (LABORATORY)

LABORATORY REPORT

Exercise No. 1
Introduction: Safety Precautions and the Chemical Laboratory

I. OBJECTIVES

Results Inference
1. Measuring Volume In the measuring volume process, we must be sure
that the tube and other volume measuring apparatus is
a. Using pipet clean and dry, unwanted particles may cause
inaccurate measurement.
The measurement was 7.5 ml.
a. When using the pipet, put the end of the pipet
b. Using graduated cylinder stem in the container that contains liquid and gently
squeeze the pipet aspirator (two to three centimetres
The measurement was 100 ml. above from the calibration mark) to collect liquid. Pull
the aspirator and put your pointing finger replacing the
aspirator to control the draining of the water. We must
be sure that there is no bubble in the water inside the
pipet for accurate measurement.

b. When using the graduated cylinder, carefully hold

the cylinder and put it eye-levelled to take reading.
Pour the liquid inside and measure.

Both the pipet and graduated cylinder can measure

accurately.

And we are finished in the process.

2. Measuring Weight
a. Tare weight (wt. of container)
The tare weight is 2.2462 grams.
b. Gross weight (wt. of container w/ sand)
In the measuring weight process, we can use the
analytical balance and top loading balance. The
difference between the two materials is that top loading
balance has higher level weighing capacity while
analytical balance can measure accurately than top
loading balance but it has lower level weighing
capacity.

The gross weight is 4.2516 grams. The two weighing material has the same procedure
to use. First, we will not put the solid sample directly to
c. Net weight (wt. of sand) the machine to be weigh instead, put it in a weighing
boat or container. Record the weight of the weighing
The net weight is 2.0054 grams boat and subtract it to the weight of the weighing boat
with the solid sample. We can also use the tare option
if we do not want to measure the weighing boat and we
don’t have to proceed the subtraction or the math.
 Since we are had lower value in weighing, I just used
the analytical balance in getting these answers.

And we are ready to proceed.

3. Precipitation For the precipitation, the mixture was ferric chloride
added with sodium hydroxide. To be accurate, we used
a. Color of ferric chloride (FeCl3) solution 1mL of 3 molar ferric chloride solution and added with
90 mL of 3 molar sodium hydroxide solution.
The ferric chloride was yellow.
The 1 mL of 3 molar ferric chloride solution was
b. Color of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution then transferred in a clean mixing container and added
by the 90 ml 3 molar sodium hydroxide solution.
The sodium hydroxide was collorless.
The precipitate was then ready for observation and
c. Color of precipitate it turned to rusty brown since we had iron as one of our
mixture.
The precipitate resulted rusty brown.
And we are down to the next process.
4. Decantation In the decantation process, the evaporating dish
was used as the receiving container in the process and
a. Color of supernatant liquid was weighed first.

The supernatant liquid was brown. The supernatant liquid was then separated from the
precipitate using a stirring rod and it was collected into
the evaporating dish, we can observed that the
supernatant liquid was in brown.

And we are now ready to take the next process.

5. Filtration In the filtration process, we prepared the filter paper
and folded it in half and then into quarters. One of the
a. Weight of filter paper edge of the folded filter paper was teared off and then
proceed in weighing the filter paper.
The filter paper weighed 1.2519 grams.
After weighing the filter paper, in was then put into
b. Wt. of filter and precipitate (after drying) the funnel and was moisturized with distilled water and
it was then gently pressed. To support the funnel a
The weight of the dried filter and precipitate was 2.3091 tripod and a clay triangle was used. The evaporating
dish was put under the funnel to collect the filtrate.
grams.
The mixture from precipitation was then poured
c. Weight of precipitate carefully in the funnel with the filter paper using the
stirring rod and it was washed by a distilled water with
The precipitate weighed 1.0572 grams. a minimum amount in the wash bottle or the beaker
where the mixture was put. To filter the precipitate, we
d. Color of filtrate waited for the supernatant liquid to finally drain and
collected as the filtrate in the evaporating dish.
The color of the filtrate was flesh or peach.
To come up with these answers, the weight of the
filter paper was subtracted from the weight of the dried
filter and precipitate. The color of the filtrate was
peachy for me or it is more likely flesh.
 And we are now ready for the next process.
6. Evaporation In the evaporation process, the evaporating dish
used in filtration with the filtrate was then put in the
a. Weight of evaporating dish burner, supported with the tripod and the wire gauze.

The evaporating dish weighed 56.8255 grams. The dish was then heated up in order to evaporate
mixtures. After heated up, we can see that the liquid
b. Wt. of evap. dish and residue (after drying) filtrate turns into solid and it was then the residue.

The weight of the dried dish and residue was 58.7243
grams.
c. Weight of residue
The weight of the residue was 1.8988 grams.
In my observation, the residue was like a soil texture
and as we can see it is more likely the same as flour
since it is white. The residue inside the dish was then
weighed. To find the weight of the residue, the weight
of the dried evaporating dish with the residue was then
subtracted with the original weight of the container.

d. Color of residue

The color of the residue was white.

e. Texture of residue

The texture of the residue was soil texture or the same as

flour.