organic chemistry experiment
2006-08-19 00:32:39 · 7 answers · asked by uno c 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
There is a potential for your solution to get "super-heated", meaning its hotter than its boiling point, yet not boiling. If this happens any slight bump or perturbation will cause much of it to instantly vaporize causing large bubbles which expand rapidly. This is called bumping. If the bumping is bad enough it can get into your condenser tube and contaminate what you were trying to distill off. If you were refluxing a reaction mixture it could potentially blow out the top of your reflux tube and now your chemicals are all over your work area ... not good.
2006-08-19 05:25:47 · answer #1 · answered by TA Timmy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'ii get "bumping" in then flask. The boiling will be too vigorous and shake the whole apparatus. Worst case the rig collapses, the flask breaks, and the solvent catches fire.
2006-08-19 00:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-25 21:38:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean magnetic stirrers?
They look like tablets and is heavy.
They are able to detect the magnetic impulses from the electric magnetic heater and stir the liquid you are boiling for you.
In this way the boiling is even and you can even see a 'whirlpool' being formed if the magnetic strength is high.
2006-08-19 00:41:05 · answer #4 · answered by biomedical_undergrad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chips help to break up the bubbles. Large bubbles plus fragile pyrex flask = loud bang and glass everywhere!
2006-08-19 00:39:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will be boil violantly and distillation will be not homogenous
2006-08-19 01:14:18 · answer #6 · answered by source_of_love_69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it very dangers thing !!!!!!!!!
it will form to layers different in temp and coursed the system to explode
2006-08-19 00:56:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋