Chemistry Lab No.

Mixture Purification

Lab Report Grade Points Points received

Work in Lab 2.0
Lab Report
1. Problems and Objectives 0.5
2. Research 1.0
3. Complete hypothesis 1.0
4. Materials and procedure 0.5
5. Results 1.5
6. Analysis 1.5
7. Conclusion 1.0
8. References 0.5
9. Neatness 0.5
TOTAL GRADE 10

Problem:
How can we separate mixtures?

Objectives:
To purify three components from given mixture

Research:
Summary about how petroleum is obtained, properties of this mixture, and methods to
separate the compounds

Petroleum is found in vast underground reservoirs where ancient seas were

located. Petroleum reservoirs can be found beneath land or the ocean floor.

The most common physical properties used to describe petroleum are density,
viscosity, and boiling point ranges. The density of crude oils is usually expressed
as API (American Petroleum Institute) gravity, which is inversely related to
specific density.

The process used to separate the various components of petroleum is fractional

distillation. It is a process used for separation of a mixture into its components by
heating the mixture till the fractions separate out.
Hypothesis:
If_________________________________________________________________then
we want to separate a mixture with three components
______________________________________________________________because_
we will have to use different separation methods
__________________________________________________________
of the different components of the mixture
(Remember to identify you dependent and independent variables)

Materials and procedure:

Coal (30 g), salt (30 g), Iodine (5 g), Bunsen burner, tripod, wire gauze, Erlenmeyer
flask, beaker, porcelain capsule, clamps, filter paper, funnel
a. The teacher will give you a mixture of coal, iodine, and common salt. Put it
on the beaker
b. Warm up the mixture using the capsule as cap, observe and draw
c. Wait 5 minutes and add 20 ml of water, shake and filter. Observe and
draw
d. Warm up the mixture that passes across the filter until the complete
evaporation of water, write your observations

Results:

b. c. d.

Analysis:
Based on your results, explain why the mixture separate with the steps we follow and
write the name of each separation method.

The first two separation methods were crystallization and sublimation. In the
crystallization, some part of the mixture become crystals. It happened because
of the heat, and the water in the cap of the beaker. The second method of
separation was the sublimation, the solid components became gas. The third
separation method was filtration, we used filter paper so the liquids could
separate from the solids. Finally, we used evaporation to take out all the water
that was on the substance. We evaporated it with heat.
Conclusions:
My hypothesis (was/was not) supported. I predict
that_____________________________
we needed to use different methods to separate the substance
a. And it did
because____________________________________________________
there were different components
b. But what really happened
was__________________________________________

References:

National Geographic. (2022, June 2). Petroleum | National Geographic

Society. Education.nationalgeographic.org. https://
education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/petroleum

Rullkötter, J., & Farrington, J. (2021). What Was Released? Assessing the
Physical Properties and Chemical Composition of Petroleum and Products
of Burned Oil. Oceanography, 34(1), 44–57. https://doi.org/10.5670/
oceanog.2021.116