PRE-LAB

EXPERIMENT 4: SIMPLE AND FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION

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BACKGROUND
1.- Liquid-vapor composition diagrams.
2.- Characteristics and differences of simple and fractional distillation.
3.- How a fractional distillation column works.
4.- Concept of theoretical plate and number of theoretical plates.
5.- Azeotropic mixtures.
6.- Raoult's Law.
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FURTHER READING
1.- Recycling of Waste Acetone by Fractional Distillation J. Chem. Educ. 2011, 88, 1724-1726.
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FLOWCHART
Make the flowchart corresponding to Experiment 4: Simple and Fractional Distillation.
EXPERIMENT 4_SIMPLE AND FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION.pdf

(ATTENTION: I WILL ASK YOU FOR YOUR FLOWCHART AT THE START OF THE CLASS)

Watch the videos:

Destilación Fraccionada.mp4
Destilación simple.mp4

You can watch the videos in the following Amyd link:

https://amyd.quimica.unam.mx/course/view.php?id=271&section=7
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PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND SAFETY DATA SHEETS (Include the molecular structures)
1.- Ethanol
2.- Water
3.- Cyclohexane
4.- Toluene
5.- Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)

VERY IMPORTANT!!!

DO NOT FORGET THE LAB EQUIPMENT LIST AND A

PAIR OF COVERSLIPS PER TEAM

IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BRING ANY ALCOHOLIC

BEVERAGE, I WILL BRING IT