Practical Techniques Flashcards
What are the reactants needed to make aspirin?
Ethanoic anhydride
2- hydroxy benzoic acid
Catalyst (H2SO4)
Describe the process of recrystallisation and purification
Dissolve impure substance in hot solvent, use minimum volume
Filter the hot solution
Allow the solution to cool in ice/cold water. Crystalls form
Filter the crystals out using a buchner filter
Wash the crystals with cold water and leave them to dry
What are the components of a buchner filter?
Flask with a horizontal exit for pressure
Rubber bung
Buchner funnel, with a porous plate (with holes) and moist filter paper
During recrystallisation, why is the minimum amount of hot solvent used?
Minimum amount- so a saturated solution is formed
Hot- to allow the solution to later cool and crystalise
During recrystallisation, why is the hot solution filtered?
To remove insoluble impurities
During recrystallisation, why is the solution placed in cold water or ice?
To produce the largest amount of crystals
During recrystallisation, why are the crystals washed with cold water
To remove soluble impurities
In distillation, why are antibumping granules used?
To reduce vigorous bubbling
Decribe what heat reflux is?
Boiling a mixture continuously, evaporated molecules are condensed and reboiled. Therefore no reactants or products are lost
During recrystallisation, why might percentage yield not be accurate?
Crystals lost when filtering/washing
Not all products crystallise
Side reactions may occur
Describe how to investigate the pH change when an acid is added to an alkali solution
Rinse a burette with acid of known concentration. Fill the burette with the acid.
Transfer 20cm3 of alkali of known concentration to a 100cm3 conical flask
Rinse pH probe with distilled water, clamp to burette so its bulb is in the alkali solution. It is attached to a pH scale
Add equal amounts of acid at a time, stir with a glass rod. Record pH each time.
When closer to equivalence point, reduce the amount added.
Plot a pH curve with results
